Apply the Bystander Effect to a real life situation.
In the first section of the paper (label as Section One), students will define their social psychological concept in their own words.
They will also summarize the findings of social psychology journal articles related to their concept of interest. This section should include no exact quotes. Students should draw their material for this section from social psychology sources. However, when relaying the material, the student must paraphrase the information in his or her own words in order to demonstrate understanding of the material. Every usage of a direct quote will result in a deduction of points, so be sure to follow this requirement of the paper. Getting full credit in this section really is as simple as it sounds: in your own words, describe the course concepts that you will later use in your analysis of your real world example. Make sure you include all of the social psychological information from which you will want to draw for Section Three.
The second section of the paper (label as Section Two) should contain a description of the situation or event to which the concept apply. How do you relate to this concept? Personal Experience. This section is the most casual section of the paper. Describe your chosen example in sufficient detail to have enough information to analyze in Section Three.
In the third section of the paper (label as Section Three), students will explain in detail how the concept, as well as the research on that concept described by the student in Section 2, does or does not map onto the described situation or event. Elaborating on details of the social psychological concepts and their application to the described situation or event will strengthen the term paper. A good rule of thumb is to describe how at least three aspects of the concept or the research on that concept relate to the situation or event described in Section 2. This section is probably the most important part of the paper. Here you are demonstrating your ability to independently apply social psychological concepts to real-world situations or events. You will draw from the material you introduced in Section 1 to analyze the example you describe in Section 2. Everything gets tied together in Section 3. No new social psychological concepts should be introduced in this section. You should have laid the groundwork for Section 3 in your concept description in Section
1. You will refer back to your section 1 concept descriptions as you discuss the application of the concepts to the situation or event you described in Section 2.
Topic:
The presence of other individuals in an emergency situation tends to make people less likely to help a victim. This is known as the bystander effect. Having others around you makes you feel less responsibility and want to make the correct social decision. If a person is by themself, this effect would not happen because they are not feeling judgment of those around and all the accountability is on them. The articles for this paper look at experiments conducted to test the bystander effect and how participants act according to social norms. I have been in situations where the bystander effect was taking place; I wish I would have helped and not thought how I was being perceived by others.