Have you ever heard the expression ‘There’s safety in numbers’? This saying reflects the belief that people are safer when with a number of people than when alone. Given the research on bystander...

Have you ever heard the expression ‘There’s safety in numbers’? This saying reflects the belief that people are safer when with a number of people than when alone. Given the research on bystander apathy, what do you conclude about this saying now? Which study had the greatest influence on your outlook? Did you find the laboratory experiment, the field experiment or the case study of Kitty Genovese the most compelling? Why? Do you think that bystander apathy can be plausibly studied by doing experiments which simulate emergencies? Or should it be studied using naturalistic observation in real emergencies?

It may happen that in the future you will be with other people when you see someone have a minor accident (tripping, a sports injury, etc.). Knowing what you know now, what will you do?