In the article why people don't help in a crisis? Darley and Latane try explaining why people don't try to help in an emergency. Do Darley and Latane really explain all of the reasons that a bystander might have for not intervening in a crisis.
In the article Latane and Darley Explain how there are three factors, which a person must conduct first before they can intervene. First the bystander must notice that something is actually happening. The person must let his distractions and worries that one has and observe that there is something going on. For some people this can sometimes be difficult depending on the distractions, which the bystander might have. Second of all the bystander must then have to interpret that what is happening is an emergency. Acording to darley and Latane this is not always put into consideration by the bystander. For example if you hear
Both Darley and Latane have explained why a person will sometimes not help in a crisis, but have they really done a good job, or have they left out other important factors. One factor, which according to my observations Darley and Latane has left out, is fear. For example in the story of the boy who got stabbed in the subway fear was defenely involved. Here the bystanders did not want to help because they knew that if they did they would probably get hurt. Another reason that Latane and Darley left out was hypocracy. For example sometimes a bystander will not help just because they have decided that since they don't know the person they don't have the responsibility to help. But if the one in help was one of his family members then the bystander rush out to help. So as we can see there way more reasons for a person not wanting to help which Darley and Latane have left out.
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