Bystanderism

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Key Study for Bystanderism

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Darley & Latané (1968)
Smoky Room Experiment

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Procedure of Smoky Room Experiment

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Participants went to a room to fill in a survey.
Halfway through, smoke came in.
One group was alone in the room, one group with 2 other naive participants, another group was with confederates (told not to react)

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Findings of Smoky Room Experiment

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Those alone reacted immediately.

38% of those in groups of 3 reported the smoke.
Those with confederates, only 10% of them reported the smoke

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Explanation of Smoky Room Experiment

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1. Look for Social Proof during ambiguous situation

2. 2. Diffusion of Responsibility

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One study for Diffusion of Responsibility

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Levine et al (1994)

Population density cities, people are less likely to help picking up pens/paper/postcards for researcher