Social Conformity: The Bystander Effect

When there's only one person around in a situation, they're much more likely to lend assistance to people in need, whether it's to help pick up something they have dropped or something more important like help them when they are hurt.

When there's a group of people, though, no one acts. They all expect someone else will do it, so no one volunteers or pauses.

The Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies published in the 1950s that demonstrated the power of conformity in groups. These are also known as the "Asch Paradigm" and proved that people will conform to a groups opinion even if it conflicts their own.

This has a profound effect when it comes to public opinion on such issues as war, corruption, conspiracy (fact) theories and even what happened on 9/11, since the majority of people watch main stream media television, and the social conformity will be based on what they see on the news often bypassing their own opinions so as not to be the outcast.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• bystander
• effect
• social
• psychology
• human
• behaviour
• Solomon
• Asch
• conformity

[rageunderground]

thanks to everyone who watched, commented and shared.

Part 2 on this series of social conformity

can be found as a video response below.

[TheLovelylove]

This very thing happened to me this summer,I was at a waterpark with my family,saw a girl floating,for about 20 seconds.I started freaking out,went to her,and tried to get her to get up.Everyone starts laughing at me,saying how she's faking and been doing it all day. I was like well,hell,I didn't know. And what if she wasn't,because I don't know her,I'm not supposed to help? Society is screwed up,royally. Forget, "No one else is doing it". We weren't raised as clones,we have our own minds,use it

[RobsonSaysBeHappy]

Someone took a cell phone picture of the person bleeding to death on the sidewalk then walks away!?!?! I mean....I don't even know how to express my shock and anger at that....that's just plain....disgusting. I really hope this video is an eye opener for many of us- it gives us those "what if" moments doesn't it?

[adsasfd]

next time out the heavy metal please.

[jontran08]

Seriously shitty music kills the educational value of the video.

[Manicz]

Would be better without the shittiest music imaginable. Otherwise, it's pretty interesting.

[CiphersSon]

occupy

[BitTooCrazy]

I love how it was the people who are usually looked down upon that actually did something (I mean gangsters).

[jacmunbong]

brilliant.thank u

[Str8Against1njustice]

when you think, i think, it will sink into your head, to help, I'm mad, that's bad!

great video

[Animehem]

Don't you love how everyone on youtube seems to be a knight in shining armor.

[Glalie]

It's also really depends on the situation, some people may just be scared of what might happen to them.

[Sandebona]

What idiots! I myself am quite the opposer to everything anyways. I can't believe these simple people who go blend into the crowd like they're not there. Besides helping someone struggling next to the road is like hitting two birds with one stone, since you usually get a good feeling of yourself, get the guy from a pinch, maybe even get a reward, and impress others by being such a courageous individual. Wake up morons.