For this activity, I'd like you to watch a 43-minute Court TV show, "The Human Behavior

Experiments":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVpV73wSyG8

This episode is often used in introductory psychology classes to illustrate obedience to authority, but

has strong parallels to the issues raised by bystander intervention research.

Write a two-page response paper addressing the following:

1. Give an example from the documentary of a bystander who did not act.

1. Explain why you think this person did not act (think in terms of the five influences of

bystander intervention: diffusion of responsibility, evaluation apprehension,

pluralistic ignorance, confidence in skills, and modeling).

2. Give an example from the documentary of a bystander who did act.

1. Explain why you think this person did act (think in terms of the five influences of

bystander intervention: diffusion of responsibility, evaluation apprehension,

pluralistic ignorance, confidence in skills, and modeling).

3. How do you relate these examples to the challenge of bystander intervention training?

1. Challenge = fostering a sense of responsibility that will prompt bystanders to act.

4. How do you relate these examples to the requirement of bystander intervention training?

1. Requirement = understanding why some people act and others do not.