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After reading the article on the bystander intervention in emergencies, answer the following question: What are the main forces that lead a person not to respond (or to respond) in an emergency situation? Describe a situation you have been in (or are familiar with) where you believe this phenomenon occurred. How did you feel, and how did you respond or not respond? Based on the readings, what main forces guided your response of lack thereof? Hello All, We are more than have way there let’s finish this course strong. In this week’s discussion we read an article Bystander Intervention in emergencies. In the Kitty Genovese case individuals who heard her cries for help may have experienced internal conflict where they rationalized the potential consequences of intervening. The fear of physical harm, involvement with the police and the great unknown danger caused people to walk away, close their curtains and stay out of it. Bystanders also have a certain mindset that allows them to believe that if I heard it then someone else did too. This means that it is possible that they believe that someone else is going to intervene or call the authorities. In the case of the college student the subjects were placed in individual rooms and told that the discussion would be conducted over intercom to preserve anonymity, with that being the case the subjects may have felt less accountable to act because they believed someone else was going to help. The fear of being embarrassed may have deterred participants from acting, especially if they have no idea what course of action they may need to take. Since participants could not communicate with each other they were unclear as to what others may be doing to aid in the situation or how they were reacting to the emergency. The lack of information may have caused participants to be hesitant to help. A situation that I am familiar with over the summer as I was doing my morning workout walk, I happened to pass by a man laying on the ground of his driveway my assumption was maybe he was drunk. Maybe he was sunbathing? He did not look in distress as I walked past, so I continued my walk. I thought to myself if something was wrong somebody would call 911. I also said if he is still lying there when I walk back, I will ask him he if needs assistance. Sinc, I walk on a main street I was sure that I was not the only one that saw this man laying on the ground. When I came back, he was still lying there. I immediately went over to him to see if he was ok, but he was unresponsive. I then called 911 because I feared the worst, I checked his pulse he was still breathing and waited for EMS to arrive. My first assumption was correct he was drunk and passed out in his yard EMS was able to wake him and proceed with IV fluids. I felt bad for not making sure he was ok when I first passed by thinking that someone else would have checked on him. References Darley, J. M., & Latane, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 8 (4, Pt.1), 377–383. https://doi- org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1037/h0025589

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