But wait, there’s more to the story. In the next scene, the man is seen standing upright and acting normally, completely different from his earlier state of distress. What’s happening here? It turns out that this entire situation was part of an experiment aimed at studying human behavior in such contexts, often referred to as the Bystander Effect.
This research explores how people’s decisions to take personal responsibility and offer help can be significantly influenced by situational norms and the expectations of those around them. The experiment was designed to observe how individuals’ reactions change based on the behavior of others and the perceived norms in a given situation.