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Take the example of
Catherine Genovese.
-March 13, 1964
-3 a.m - attack began
-3:50 - police received first call
What is the
?
Diffusion of Responsibility is a dilution of responsibility in a social context. That is to say that the individual carries less responsibility when facing a problem that includes more people vs being the only witness to a problem.
The bystander effect occurs “when the presence of more witnesses to a crime, accident, or other event decreases the chances of any one of these witnesses coming forward to help.”
Participants were less likely to call for help when there were other people, who, as a logic dictates, could also call for help.
For the 1st group of 5 more people in a discussion:
Participants were less likely to call for help when there were other people present whom, logic dictates, could also call for help.
Latané and Darley's experiment
Two groups
Some of the participants were led to believe that they were in a discussion (albeit in separate rooms) with five other people.
Others were told they were in a discussion with just one other person.
For the 1st group of 5 more people in a discussion:
31% went to get help
For the 2nd group with 1x1 discussion:
85% went to get help when they believed the person they were talking to was having a seizure
only 62% reported the incident after the experiment had ended
a full 100% reported the incident after the experiment had ended
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How to prevent Diffusion of Responsibility
1. Act as if you are the only person witnessing the crime or accident.
2. Attend first aid training to make you feel more prepared.
3. Remind yourself that you don’t need medical training to be a proactive bystander.
Calling 911 is always better than doing nothing.