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The Bystander Effect: Understanding Pro-Social Behavior

Explore the power of social situations in influencing our inclination to help or not help others. Learn about infamous cases like James Bulger's abduction and the research by John Darley, Bibb Latane, and Daniel Batson on bystander intervention and the Good Samaritan parable.

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The Bystander Effect: Understanding Pro-Social Behavior

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  1. Pro Social Behavior Why Do We Help?

  2. When We Don’t Help…. The Bystander Effect Consider the power of the situation

  3. James Bulger- Age 2 • Abducted from London Shopping Mall • February, 1993 • Two ten-year-old boys • Brutalized James before killing him • The Liverpool 38

  4. New York City • 1964- Kitty Genovese • 1999- Ignacio Mendez • 2010- Hugo Tale Yax

  5. What does the research tell us? John Darley – Bibb Latane- Daniel Batson • Parable of the Good Samaritan • Student in “trouble” • Smoke seeping into the room

  6. Bystander Intervention Model • Notice • Define as emergency • Take responsibility • Select (and be capable of) a course of action and then act

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