Look at the image below…what do you think is happening in the photo? The photo shows a female Sudanese toddler, alone and severely emaciated, attempting to crawl to an aid station for food. A vulture is standing on the ground behind her, waiting for her to die so it can eat her. Carter claimed that he waited 20 minutes for the vulture to spread its wings, which he thought would make a better picture, and when it didn’t, he took the picture as is. For those 20 minutes, the toddler had to rest before resuming its trip. She whimpered and panted, and Carter did nothing to help her. He took the picture, scared the vulture away, then left the girl to continue crawling on her own. No one knows what became of her, but it very likely that she starved to death He won an award for this photo and killed himself that night Get both sheets off side table
Social psychological phenomenon in which individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when others are present.
Read the scenarios on the “Pre-test” and rate whether you are more or less likely to help 10 mintues
Get into groups of 4 Choose a recorder to write down results TASK What did each person in your group decide they would do? Record how many people said more likely or less likely for each scenario? (10 minutes) Mark up on board Discuss results
In your groups, come up with factors that encourage or discourage you to help or not. Ex) Age- is the person old? Is the person young? Is it a child? (15 minutes) Class discussion of results
Researchers stage an emergency situation to test the bystander effect. Examples of these situations include epileptic seizures, women falling and becoming injured, or smoke pouring from an air vent. Once they have staged a condition they measure how long it takes until participants or bystanders intervene. Results to these experiments almost always conclude that the presence of others restrains the willingness to help. ure=youtube
1. Situational ambiguity- people are much less likely to offer assistance if it is unclear that there is an emergency 2. Perceived cost- we’re more likely to help if we think we are safe 3. Diffusion of responsibility- The presence of others may diffuse the sense of individual responsibility 4. Similarity-People are more willing to help others whom they perceive to be similar to themselves 5. Mood-People are generally more willing to help others when they are in a good 6. Gender- women in need are more likely than men in need to receive assistance from strangers 7. Attributions of the cause of need- People are much more likely to help others they judge to be innocent victims than those they believe have brought their problems on themselves
Most famous case of the bystander effect ever Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death in The murder continued for half an hour while thirty-eight bystanders watched without intervening or notifying the police.
Independently read the article about Kitty Genovese and answer the questions at the end of the reading.
Bad Samaritan video How does David Cash explain his actions? DO you think David Cash should be charged with a crime? Why? Do you think that David was in the right to think this way?