Saint Marys University Social Psychological Studies Discussion

Brief Written Assignment

This brief video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSsPfbup0ac depicts scenarios that are similar to those enacted in well-known social psychological studies of bystander intervention. Watch the video, and briefly (e.g., in one or two paragraphs) discuss how it demonstrates the psychological factors that contribute to the action or inaction of bystanders in a potential emergency situation. In your answer, refer specifically to at least 3 of the 5 steps on Latané and Darley’s (1970) “decision tree” describing the stages of helping (or not) in an emergency (see Figure 10.4 in the e-book).