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Compare the Latane-Darley intervention model with the Piliavin intervention model as an explanation for the bystander effect.

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Latane and Darley Model as an explanation for the bystander effect...
Briefly, Latane and Darley proposed that the presence of others inhibit bystanders to help (diffusion of responsibility hypothesis).

In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was brutally stabbed to death in front of her New York apartment. As we all know, murders are not uncommon in New York Cityóor any other American city for that matter. What made this case troubling was the fact that about 40 people either heard her scream for help or watched her being stabbed from their apartment windows. No one called the police until about 35 minutes after the attack had begun (1Seedman, A. A., & Hellman, P. 1975. Chief. New York: Avon). When the story appeared in the newspaper, the public was outraged. How could people be so insensitive to the suffering of another? Why didn't anyone help her? Some newspaper editors and psychiatrists at the time blamed the behavior on "bystander apathy" or growing "urban alienation." The story became a metaphor for modern city life. Others, however, speculated that the failure of people to get involved might be due more to the social influence that bystanders have on each other than to individual callousness.

To test this theory, two social psychologists, Bibb Latane and John Darley, conducted a series of experiments on helping behavior in emergencies. (Latane, B., & Darley, J. 1970. The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn't he help? New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts). In the first experiment the room in which subjects were ...

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