The bystander effect

Picture this: You are walking down the street. You witness a man aggressively grabbing a woman. The woman cries for help and is clearly in distress. You are the only person around. What would you do? Would your reaction differ if there were six other people witnessing the same event? According to social scientists, it would.While we would all like to think that we would step in and help in either …

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