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bystander effect
bystander effect smoke filled room experiment - lateen & Marley 1968
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| definition | The term bystander effect refers to the phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present, the less likely people are to help a person in distress |
| irl | When an emergency situation occurs observers are more likely to take action if there are few or no other witnesses. Being part of a large crowd makes it so no single person has to take responsibility for an action (or inaction) |
| experiment | smoke filled room experiment - Latane & Darley 1968 |
| Aim | to see if people are less likely to act in an emergency if others are present |
| Procedure | participants sat in a room completing a questionnaire, alone or in threes. Smoke began pouring into the room. They didn’t know the smoke was part of the experiment (they though they were doing a different experiment) |
| Results | when alone 75% reported the smoke to the eexperimenters. just 38% of participants in a room with two other people reported smoke. |
| final results | In final group the two confederates in the experiment noted the smoke and then ignored it, which resulted in only 10% of the participants reporting the smoke |
| criticisms/limitations | Only 24 subjects so they need to retest to make more reliable (very small) •Deception was used because they thought they were doing another experiment which could've been dangerous - asthma |
| criticisms - eco | Not similar to real-life situations. Combo of many confused people can prompt action. They relaxed and indefferente attitudes of confederaes could have instilled a false sensee of security - ecological validity |
| Contributions to psychology | Sheds light on group behaviours in uncomfortable circumstances. Group of strangers appearing to disregard emergencies is in unfortunately frequent occurrence. |
| media tends to | The media tends to attribute these situations to apathetic or callous witnesses who simply dont care to help victims |
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