Annotated Bibliography Assignment: Author's Major Argument

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Greitemeyer, T., & Mügge, D. O. (2015). When Bystanders Increase Rather Than Decrease Intentions to Help. Hogrefe Publishing. Research Report; University of Innsbruck, Austria. Journal of Social Psychology 2015; Vol. 46(2):116–119.
This is a research report about the Bystander Effect, which examines how the presence of others inhibits helping behavior. The authors’ main argument is that the reluctance to offer assistance increases when approaching an individual rather than a group. They posited that the possibility of others contributing to the bystander effect occurs mainly when only an individual is required for a given voluntary task as compared to a group. The authors further elucidated how a task that requires a large group to volunteer showed greater willingness from individuals. The authors opined that the bystander effect is independent of one’s behavior, but contributed largely by diffusion of responsibility and perceived rationality. Whenever someone has required help from one person, individuals will pass the responsibility to others and see their help as insignificant, while on the contrary the bystander effect becomes non-redundant.
To explicate their argument, the authors used surveys and questionnaires to collect data, analyze them, and make a constructive conclusion. The surveys involved 671 participants from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, where non-psychology students were involved. Out of the 910 students who accepted the invitation, 239 showed cold response to the survey, a first sign of bystander effect. The authors then analyzed the data, calculated mean, standard deviation, and percentages regarding the entities they were researching. The data analysis and discussions helped to support their argument. According to the data analysis, it became evident that bystander effect was prevalent to an individual than a group. The intention to offer help was greater when requesting a group of participants to volunteer for a survey compared to approaching an individual. The large number of participants used in this survey helped significantly to support the authors’ arguments since the result came out positive. This elucidates the authors conclusion that the success of non-profit organizations rests in the willingness of people to give; showing bystander effect prevalence in the society. Through the survey used by the authors, who involved a large group and individuals to volunteer for the research, the bystander effect was well tested. The method was very effective at testing the bystander effect, the results and discussions were in-depth, which makes it my preferred method.
Questions
1 How does bystander effect impinge on the response of people towards crises and natural disasters?
2 Is there a way of changing the bystander effect if it in a person’s behavior?
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