Add to ORKGPrevious studies have shown that individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are “bystanders” present who can also offer help. We designed an experiment to re-examine this “bystander effect” using modified dictator games. We find lower giving rates in the presence of bystanders, confirming the existence of a bystander effect. However, we also show that the recipient’s welfare is greater when bystanders are present, challenging the usual interpretation that the bystander effect is due to an erosion of prosocial value
The bystander effect reveals that people are less likely to help a person in need when others are pr...
While there has been considerable research on the bystander effect, little is known about how person...
Many violence prevention programs include a focus on the role of bystanders and third parties in vio...
Previous studies have shown that individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are...
Previous studies have shown that individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are...
Dozens of studies show that bystanders are less likely to help victims as bystander number increases...
When a victim is in need, people are less likely to help when there are other persons present. In ge...
People are less likely to help when they have been ostracized, or when they are in the presence of b...
This study investigated influence of the priming and bystander apathy on helping behavior. After pri...
Are individuals willing to intervene in public violence? Half a century of research on the "bystande...
The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been ex...
The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been ex...
To investigate the effect of social interaction on the bystanders' intervention in emergency situati...
Empathetic behavior is unlikely to occur when a cost is imposed on helping. Prior research has exami...
none2siDo individuals consider bribery as an acceptable behavior? We use a newly-designed game to st...
The bystander effect reveals that people are less likely to help a person in need when others are pr...
While there has been considerable research on the bystander effect, little is known about how person...
Many violence prevention programs include a focus on the role of bystanders and third parties in vio...
Previous studies have shown that individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are...
Previous studies have shown that individuals are less likely to help a person in need when there are...
Dozens of studies show that bystanders are less likely to help victims as bystander number increases...
When a victim is in need, people are less likely to help when there are other persons present. In ge...
People are less likely to help when they have been ostracized, or when they are in the presence of b...
This study investigated influence of the priming and bystander apathy on helping behavior. After pri...
Are individuals willing to intervene in public violence? Half a century of research on the "bystande...
The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been ex...
The bystander effect, the reduction in helping behavior in the presence of other people, has been ex...
To investigate the effect of social interaction on the bystanders' intervention in emergency situati...
Empathetic behavior is unlikely to occur when a cost is imposed on helping. Prior research has exami...
none2siDo individuals consider bribery as an acceptable behavior? We use a newly-designed game to st...
The bystander effect reveals that people are less likely to help a person in need when others are pr...
While there has been considerable research on the bystander effect, little is known about how person...
Many violence prevention programs include a focus on the role of bystanders and third parties in vio...