While walking down the street tim sees a man slumped over grabbing his chest. tim looks around at the other pedestrians who don't seem concerned. he assumes that, if they aren't worried, then everything is ok and keeps walking. this is an example of?

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Raymond York

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While walking down the street tim sees a man slumped over grabbing his chest. tim looks around at the other pedestrians who don't seem concerned. he assumes that, if they aren't worried, then everything is ok and keeps walking. this is an example of?

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Priscilla Frank · Answer 1

Bystander effect--this occurs when people near an event do not react to the event.

The bystander effect accounts for crowd behavior in the case of an event. The crowd could impact the end result of the event but no one will step out from the crowd singling themselves out and therefore no one does anything.