12Eng - Bystander Effect

The bystander effect claims that people are less likely to offer help to someone when there are people around. They call it the diffusion of responsibility. When there are others around, people they think about trying to help but actually don’t offer. They feel like they don’t have a responsibility to help because there are others around who might think the same. However when you are alone, you are more likely to offer help because you are the only one who the victim can rely on. A YouTube channel called SoulPancake did an experiment where he proves that the bystander effect is true. He conducted experiments between a group with 10 people, 5 people and just by themself to see how long it would take them to offer help. It was clear that people who are surrounded with larger groups tend to take more time before they offer help. However when they are alone, they offer help immediately.