Bystander

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where people are less likely to help someone in need when they are in a group?

• Social loafing

• Bystander effect

• Groupthink

• Peer pressure

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the purpose of the experiment described in the passage?

• To test product reactions

• To observe the bystander effect

• To measure group dynamics

• To evaluate leadership skills

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the psychological concept that explains why people in large groups feel less responsible for helping?

• Social facilitation

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Cognitive dissonance

• Social identity theory

Why might people in a group be less likely to help someone in need, according to the passage?

• They are too busy

• They assume someone else will help

• They don't notice the person in need

• They are afraid of making a mistake

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Groups of people (usually the largest in number) onlookers, or spectators, who witnesses an event or wrong doing, but choose not to get involved; someone who doesn’t help the victim.

• stereotype

• perpetrator

• bystander

• upstander

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Which is NOT an example of being a bystander, or watching things happen, in the book the The Boy Who Dared?

• Helmuth watches as Benno's dad is being attacked by the Nazis

• Helmuth makes posters against the German government

• Mutti and Helmuth let Hugo scold her son Gerhard

• The teachers watch and let the Hitler Youth make fun of a Jewish student

How does the bystander effect relate to the concept of empathy?

• It enhances empathy

• It may prevent people from showing empathy

• It has no relation to empathy

• It only affects empathy in small groups

How did the presence of others affect the participants' willingness to help in the experiment?

• It increased their willingness

• It decreased their willingness

• It had no effect

• It made them more competitive

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the term used to describe the phenomenon where people are less likely to help someone in need when they are in a group?

• Social loafing

• Bystander effect

• Groupthink

• Peer pressure

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What was the purpose of the experiment described in the passage?

• To test product reactions

• To observe the bystander effect

• To measure group dynamics

• To evaluate leadership skills

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5