The opposite of a hero isn’t a villain, it’s a bystander...

What is the Bystander Effect? What is the Bystander Effect? Social Media and the Bystander Effect. Pictorial examples of the Bystander Effect. Example 1: Bystander Effect. Example 2: Bystander Effect. "Bystander Effect" Official Music Video. "Bystander Effect" Official Music Video. You can break the cycle! Ways to overcome the Bystander Effect. The Bystander Effect - You Can Break the Cycle! Overcoming the Bystander Effect: The Psychology of Heroism. Bystander Intervention. Bystander Intervention - a slideshow. Research on the Bystander Effect. Journal: From Empathy to Apathy - The Bystander Effect Revisited. When people are asked whether they would spontaneously assist a person in an emergency situation, almost everyone will reply positively.

Although we all imagine ourselves heroes, the fact is that many people refrain from helping in real life, especially when we are aware that other people are present at the scene. In the late 1960s, John M. Darley and Bibb Latané (1968) initiated an extensive research program on this so-called “bystander effect.” In their seminal article, they found that any person who was the sole bystander helped, but only 62% of the participants intervened when they were part of a larger group of five bystanders. Reflections. Who is Kitty Genovese? A reflection... The Kitty Genovese murder in Queens, New York, in 1964 is one of the most famous murder cases to come out of New York City and into the national spotlight.

What propelled it wasn’t the crime or the investigation, but the press coverage that alleged the murder had many witnesses who refused to come to the Kitty Genovese’s defense. This has been disproved over time, but not before it became part of the accepted lore of the crime. James Bulger: a case study. The Conclusion. The Conclusion...