Speech draft(the bystander effect)

Speech Draft

Someone in pain In the middle of the street crying in pain for help. Possibly on the verge of death. How long do you think it would for someone to run up and help him. One minute 2 minutes or possibly the second they were noticed. In reality that person would be lucky to receive help in 15 minutes. Surprised you should be. Don’t think how cruel that’s not possible no one would do that. Well truth is if someone was dying in the middle of the street most of you wouldn't bother to them. You’d notice them but you’d walk right past them. It wouldn't even matter to you if this person died. In fact nobody would even bother to pull out their phone to call 911. The savior of their life was just three digits away. Only three but because no one else is doing anything neither would you. This is called the bystander effect. What is the Bystander Effect you ask? The bystander effect or Genovese syndrome is a physiological phenomenon refers to a case where people don’t offer any aid to someone in an emergency when there are other people are existent. In other word the more people the less likely someone is going to help the person in need. Why? The reason for this is because they don’t feel the need to help because if something end up happening they won’t be responsible for it. So since there were other individuals there at that moment you won’t be held responsible for anything that happens. Or because they don’t want to get involved with whatever happens next. Amway’s The Bystander effect was tested in a laboratory for the first time by John  Darley and Bibb Latane in 1968. They became interested in the topic shortly after the death of Kitty Genovese in 1964. Briefly said Kitty was murdered in front of her home after returning from work at 3:15 am on March 13 1964. Kitty was stabbed repeatedly in front of her own home but people ignored her screams for help. In fact some of them shut their windows to keep the sound of her screams out. You feel slightly disappointed to hear that people shut their windows to keep out the screams of a dying woman. Moving on three main facts about the bystander effect one noticing the situation . John and Bibb did a test. They brought a pair of students on to a room. They students were working and while they were working John and Bibb pumped smoke through a vent in the wall and timed how long it would take them to notice. They re did this experiment with a group of students but it took the students longer to notice the smoke. Going on to the next main part of the second main part bystander effect is the intervention. In Darley and Latane’s smoke filled room experiment only 3 of the eight groups reported the smoke. However they only reported after they smoke started obscuring their vision and causing them cough. In the groups that didn't respond to the smoke was most likely because  since there were no fire alarms going off or people announcing that there was a fire. The groups figured there was a non life threatening explanation for the smoke like an air condition leak. Another example would be a man and woman were fighting on the street when the woman scream “Get away from me I don’t know you” 65% of people intervened but when the woman screamed “Get away from me I don’t know why I even married you.” Only 19% intervened. See the difference?  In contrast to the third main part of the bystander effect is taking responsibility  This occurs because people assume that a police officer or a doctor would be more suited for handling the situation. Also because people are afraid of giving unwanted assistance, facing legal consequences or offering inferior or possibly dangerous assistance. This all the time I have for now but I hope that if you ever come face to face with a situation where someone is injured and need help you will not fall under the pressure of the bystander effect. A wise man once said “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen