Social psychologists explain this disturbing behaviour of the society as the ‘Bystander effect.’ It is “a social and psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present. The probability of help is inversely related to the number of bystanders. In other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help.” This happens primarily because when there are many people, the burden of responsibility on an individual gets reduced as it is shared with a large number of people. As a result each individual thinks the other person shall step forward and ultimately the entire crowd is nothing more than an audience of passive spectator. This is exactly the scene witnessed in accidents all over India
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:30:26 +0000
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