It is said that there are two reasons as to why the participants did not react. For example, a participant that was entered in a group with only one voice was more likely to go seek help compared to a participant who was in a group with 5 other voices. Much of the results was based off of the treatment condition the participant was placed in. Majority of people did not even bother to help this suffering man. Only 31% of people went to seek for help. The study based its results off of how long it took the participant to get up, leave the room, and search for someone to help. The participant being tested cannot see this person actually having a seizure, therefore can only hear his reactions. “I’m… I’m having a fit… I… I think I’m… help me… I… I can’t… Oh my God… err… if someone can just help me out here… I… I… can’t breathe p-p-properly… I’m feeling… I’m going to d-d-die if…” The pre-recorded voice sounded something like this: He confesses to the group that he suffers from such disease in his first turn of speaking to the group. One of the voices is of an epileptic student who suffers from seizures. The subject can be talking to one to five people, depending on their treatment condition. In other words, the conversations would be taking place over microphones and speakers where either of the participants would not be able to physically see the person they are talking to.Įach participant is given two minutes to talk during their turn, they do not know that the other ‘participant’ they are talking to is a pre-recorded voice. The students would each be talking to other participants in a discussion group however, each participant had a separate room.
They devised an experiment called the ‘Bystander Apathy Experiment’ in which they recruited university students to participate. Why I am talking about a murder case? Because during these events Kitty was able to scream fir help, and 38 witnesses were aware that it was taking place yet chose to do nothing to help the dying woman.Īfter the case, psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latané were curious how so many people were able to just stand back and wait for authorities to handle it. The man who did this horrific acts to her was Winston Moseley. In 1964 a woman named Kitty Genovese was chased down, sexually assaulted, and murdered just feet away from her house.
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