Mark Travers, Ph.D., is an American psychologist with degrees from Cornell University and the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the lead psychologist at Awake Therapy, a telehealth company that provides video and telephone psychotherapy, counseling, and coaching to individuals in over 40 countries worldwide.
Trigger Warning: This article examines cases of violence, kidnapping and murder, which some readers may find distressing.
Have you ever seen someone drop something in public, but resisted the urge to help them pick it up, thinking, “There are plenty of people around. Someone else will step in”? Or perhaps you’ve driven past a hitchhiker, telling yourself that another driver will stop to offer assistance? This phenomenon—known as the “bystander effect”—can seem relatively harmless in such situations. A dropped pencil or a stranded traveler might not suffer much from our inaction.
However, the bystander effect can have devastating consequences in more serious circumstances. When people fail to act in critical situations, the results can be tragic. Here’s why this happens, and how the bystander effect has impacted real-life crimes in shocking ways., the bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon where individuals are less likely to help a victim when other people are present.
Although you can’t always bank on fellow bystanders knowing your name, or having a camera to hold you accountable, there are other ways to increase your self-awareness in situations where someone needs help:If you find yourself thinking, “I don’t need to worry; someone else will step in,” stop yourself in your tracks. Take a moment to consider that everyone
else around you is likely thinking the same thing—decreasing the likelihood of anyone actually doing the right thing. By consciously acknowledging this common thought pattern, you can break free from it and take the initiative to offer help.
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