How the bystander effect can explain inaction towards global warming
de Vries, Gerdien
(2020)
How the bystander effect can explain inaction towards global warming
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Not too long ago, I was preparing a lecture about group dynamics for my students at Delft University of Technology. One of the dynamics I wanted to introduce was the bystander effect. The bystander effect refers to the phenomenon that an individual’s likelihood of offering help in a critical situation decreases when passive bystanders are present (e.g., Darley & Latané, 1968).
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| Copyright holders | © 2020 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 25 Mar 2020 15:09 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103834 |
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