Imagine that you're walking down the street when you see someone fall down on the sidewalk. You glance around, expecting that someone will help the other person up, but not one seems to be reacting.

The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation, against a bully, or during an assault or other crime. The greater the ...

You may wanna lay the blame on the 'Bystander Effect'. The bystander effect comes in to play whenever a person doesn't step in to help another in need assuming someone else will do it. This ...

The infamous murder launched decades of studies investigating the “bystander effect,” where a diffusion of responsibility and fear of risk leads to inaction on the part of people who may be ...