What is the bystander effect and can you give me examples?
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Bystander Effect: The Bystander Effect is a social phenomenon in which a person (or persons) are less likely to offer help to another person (or persons) when there are more people around who can also provide assistance. Many people believe that, when there is an emergency and lots of people are present, the people in need are more likely to get assistance. However, this is not the case. Rather, the more people there are who can help, the less likely each person is to offer help. Thus, when in a group, people are less likely to offer help than when they are alone.\n\n bystander effect is also used in radiobiology to describe the effects of radiation on cells that are adjacent to those directly affected by radiation.
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behaviors that lower ur chance to get killed or getting in trouble
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Unfortunately the actions of a few effect us all.  For instance the pre pay at a gas station.  I asked one attendant why and she told me bacause of the drive offs.  That's just one example.
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i think 2. because if you wave at a complete stranger, they might think u r a little wierd. but if you wave at sum 1 that didnt wave at you, at least its probibally some 1 u no. so they will wave back.
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One time I was with a big group of friends at night by a rather quiet, isolated, and dark area (no houses or people; just bushes and dense trees). We need to get to a club by taxi. And so we need to figure out how many people are in our group to decide how many taxi will we need.\n\nWhen we were counting in a circle, we all saw a face of a stranger ( a man) among us. But the scary thing is we could only saw half of his body (upper body only). We all looked at him silently in awe, thinking that can't be true. And then the ghostly figure just turned away and disappeared.\n\nWe could not believe our eyes.
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You can watch for signs of attention past a friendship. If that person acts shy or uncomfortable around you all of the sudden it could mean they are self-concience and is wondering what you think...or you just did something wrong.
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For me, someone is a snob when he/she clearly knows that I am there but refuses to acknowledge my presence.  It's a bit different from people who are just shy.  There are shy people who also don't feel comfortable around people they don't know but they at least smile or say a quick hello.  The snobs exude an air of superiority -- like, "Sure, I know you're there.  But who cares?  I won't even bother to smile or talk to you."
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Guilt by omission - a bystander who sees a crime happening and does nothhing to help.
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Yes, people are very interesting creatures...you always catch someone doing something stupid when they think no one is watching...quite amusing.
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Bernoulli Effects\n\nSee how to demonstrate it here --> http://www.physics.umn.edu/outreach/pforce/Bernoulli.html
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something really stupid... like you were invited at a party... someone unexpectedly sees you and is surprised..\n\nthen they ask WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE...\n\nhello!!! im here for the party... der
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see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_effect#Nature_of_the_effect\nand the other links in this site
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Social graces have gone by the way-side.  People no longer have any idea of what is proper behavior in social situations.  The most eloquent person will apear crass and un-interesting if they present a profane arrogant front.
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It's called the bystander effect. Someone always thinks that someone else will do it, so no one ever really does it.
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Holding a door open when you/they are carrying something heavy. \n\nLetting pedestrians cross the road.\n\nSaying please and thank you, simple things like that. \n\nKeeping public toilets clean! (let's face it... everyone moans about dirty public toilets, people not flushing the loos - there must be someone doing it!)
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lead my example, if everyone is down and out, then it can bring someone else down, but if people are in a great mood it can change the moods of everyone around them....the way I do it at work is to stay positive, and if things start to get to me, I walk out to my car away from everyone....it really works
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Invisible, yes, in many ways. Like walking into a room where all of your 'friends' are and have the entire group get up to greet the person that walked in behind you. More and more now I just turn-a-round and greet that person too. Its still a blow to the ego when people dont even say hello, but I think it more in how i interpret their response to me than how they actually think about me. Maybe Im getting better at not taking people so personally. Then again I have still been known to go off and sit somewhere by myself and watch everyone mingle and have a good time. But only cause I enjoy people watching sometimes.