Bystander Effect

B2 – Upper Intermediate

Have you witnessed an emergency? Were you alone or were there a lot of people who witnessed it with you? Was it your first instinct to help or did you just watch by and waited for others to help first?

Let’s watch this video on an experiment on bystander apathy and find out about this phenomenon called ‘the bystander effect’.

 

 

Discussion Questions:

  1. What is the bystander effect?
  2. Why don’t people get involved in these situations?
  3. What was your reaction to this video?
  4. What does ‘pass the buck’ mean?
  5. Do you agree or disagree with, “There is safety in numbers.”?

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