1. Lauren Fox, Curt Reid, Austin Lenz, Jake Karas
The Bystander Effect
Lauren Fox, Curt Reid, Austin Lenz, Jake Karas

2. The Creator Bibb Latané John Darley Born July 19, 1937
Published many articles on social attractions and animals
Awarded the AAAS for behavioral science research in 1968/1980
Born April 3, 1935
Distinguished American social psychologist
Professor at Princeton University’s Department of Psychology

3. Experimental Purpose
Looked at why people didn’t always intervene at the scene of an emergency
Studied the social circumstances on people going to intervene in a situation
Leads by the murder of Kitty Genovese, the New Yorker murdered in March pf 1964 with 38 witnesses

4. Overall Analysis
The bystander effect, is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present. (Wikipedia)
Several variable help explain the bystander effect include
ambiguity, cohesiveness and diffusion of responsibility.

5. Resulting Analysis Allowed for overview on the experiment
Checked for cause & effect if the surrounding people helped out or not
Example:
Leads by the murder of Kitty Genovese, the New Yorker murdered in March pf with 38 witnesses

6. Problematic Analysis
They didn’t always have problems with their experiment
The more people filled the room the less people helped
They staged emergency with people
lady “fell”
Few people in the room: 70% helped
Filled the room with people: 40% helped

7. Group Participation Would you have participated in this experiment?
Lauren- I would I'm usually the first to help in problematic situations
Austin- I would like to be the “needing help” in the experiment
Jake- I would like to help but not be the first to run
Curt- I would participate as either the one “needing help” or the helper