The bystander effect occurs when the presence ... or go into shock when seeing someone having an emergency or being attacked. This is usually a response to fear—the fear that you are too weak ...

The infamous murder launched decades of studies investigating the “bystander effect,” where a diffusion ... instinct goes into the “freeze” response many people have to especially ...

This activity uses a real-life example to explore the bystander effect, looking at what happens when people don't stop to help in an emergency. In Germany, three people were fined for failing to help ...

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.