What is the bystander effect in sociology?

Answer 1

The psychological phenomenon known as the "bystander effect" occurs when someone is a witness to a crime and offers no help to the victim while other people are present. The probability that a bystander will help a victim decreases as the number of other people present increases.

Answer 2

The bystander effect is a social phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a person in need when others are present. This diffusion of responsibility occurs because individuals believe that someone else will intervene, leading to decreased likelihood of someone taking action. Research has shown that the bystander effect is influenced by factors such as group size, anonymity, and ambiguity of the situation.

Answer 3

the tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

For example: There was a much publicized case in 1970 in NYC where a man stabbed a woman, dragging her from one block to another for about two hours. till he finally killed her. At least 38 people watched part or all of this protracted murder. In other words, they were bystanders and not one of them called the police. When asked later why not, they nearly all said that as there were so many people watching they assumed that somebody had already called the police.

The bystander effect means that people are less likely to respond (i.e. to help someone getting beat up) if they are in a crowd of people, because of diffusion of responsibility - they think that someone else will help the person. Because everyone thinks this, rarely does anyone take action.

Answer 4

The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon where bystanders will not take action in a crisis due to the feeling of diffusion of responsibility. Everyone in the crowd thinks that someone else will act.

Answer 5

Crimes may go unreported