Bystander Effect

When the presence of others lessens the individual's feelings of responsibility for their actions or failure to act, it is called

• Bystander Effect

• Stereotype

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Identification

Individuals behave irrationally when there is less chance of being personally acknowledged or recognized. This is called

• Sleeper Effect

• Bystander effect

• Deindividuation

• Self-Justification

When an individual does not take action because of the presence of others, it is called

• Social loafing

• Stereotype

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Identification

The bystander effect means people have an automatic tendency to look for something or someone to blame for unfortunate events rather than analyze the situation

• True
• False

If there's a big fire in the mall and I see people running into stores and stealing things and then I join the big crowd and also steal, what psychological term best represents this situation?

• Social norms

• Bystander Effect

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Deindividuation

Situation A: I see a person being attacked and I think I could stop the attack. There is only one other person with me.

Situation B: I see a person being attacked and I think I could stop the attack. I am in a large crowd.

According to the lecture, in which situation would I actually try to stop the attack?

• Situation A

• Situation B

When I am gaming, I am known as Queen Bee. I often say very ugly things in the chat room and others may think I am mean. In this situation, I am following the psychological behavior of ______________________

• Bystander Effect

• Social Unawareness

• Deindividuation

• Deviance

A small group __________________ the diffusion of responsibility because people may feel more responsible for the situation.

• diminishes

• increases

• equalizes

Explain the Kitty Genovese situation in 3-4 sentences. Make sure you include the reason why this is mentioned in this video of Bystander Effect.