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The Bystander Effect
First described by researchers Latané and Darley in 1968, the bystander effect is a social psychological theory explaining why witnesses to an emergency or a person in distress often do not offer help. According to social psychologists, the decision to intervene is heavily influenced by the social context of the situation, rather than the individual personality traits of the onlookers.
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