Bystander intervention
What Bystander intervention means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Helping behaviour shown by people who witness a victim in need, which Piliavin et al. investigated in a natural setting.
Helping behaviour that is influenced by the cost of helping and by the perceived characteristics of the victim.
A person actually steps in to help someone in need.
Topics that use Bystander intervention
- Social influence (AQA GCSE)
- Topic 5: Social influence - 5.2 Studies (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Deindividuation
- Adorno's theory of the authoritarian personality
- Authority
- Characteristics and link to obedience
- Cost of helping
- Culture
- Morality
- Origins in parenting and socialisation
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