Bystander apathy is a social psychological construct where it is believed that someone who sees a victim is less likely to offer help when other people are present.
You know, sometimes we really do live in a society
“The scholars examined video recordings of 219 arguments and assaults in inner cities of Amsterdam (Netherlands), Lancaster (UK) and Cape Town (South Africa).”
“Video surveillance of actual crimes instead shows that in 91 percent of cases someone helped victims of aggression and violence, and the more people who see it, the more likely more than one person helps. It may be that instead of feeling embarrassment about being inadequate with more witnesses around, as psychologists previously speculated, people are emboldened by having others nearby.”
“Some people are just not going to help, of course, that is the diversity of people, but that is why claiming the bystander effect applied to broad populations was a mistake. There was no difference in the rates of intervention between the three cities, even though inner city Cape Town is less safe than Amsterdam. The high levels of intervention across different national and urban contexts suggests that intervention is the norm in real-life inner-city public conflicts.”
Another nail in the coffin for long held and poorly formulated psychological imperatives.
Or to put it another way, 70 years of psychological research and facts pushed by hack-frauds is finally being re-considered.
