Social influence - Bystander Apathy

BYSTANDER APATHY IS WHEN ONLOOKERS DO NOTHING IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN SOMEONE IS IN NEED OF HELP BECAUSE THEY THINK SOMEBODY ELSE WILL DO IT.

Latane and Darley

AIM: To investigate diffusion of responsibility.

METHOD:

- Participantds were asked to have a conversation with another person through an intercom.

- The real participant thought that the person was in the room:-

• on their own
• with 1 other person
• with 4 other people

- The confederate pretended to hve a seizure in the room and the researcher…