bystander effect

social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present
Thing phenomenon Q230749
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bystander effect

Summary

bystander effect is a phenomenon[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • bystander effect's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[3].
  • bystander is named after bystander effect[4].
  • Kitty Genovese is named after bystander effect[5].
  • murder of Kitty Genovese is named after bystander effect[6].
  • witness is named after bystander effect[7].
  • bystander effect's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2003007672[8].
  • bystander effect's part of is recorded as crowd psychology terminology[9].
  • bystander effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01v832[10].
  • bystander effect's BBC Things ID is recorded as 6c25b3e9-672b-4469-9bf3-fb573eba8eb2[11].
  • bystander effect's different from is recorded as bystander effect[12].
  • bystander effect's Quora topic ID is recorded as Bystander-Effect[13].
  • bystander effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as tilskuereffekten[14].
  • bystander effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 19106626[15].
  • bystander effect's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/BystanderSyndrome[16].
  • bystander effect's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/16542[17].
  • bystander effect's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Bystander_effect[18].
  • bystander effect's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007561541905171[19].
  • bystander effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C19106626[20].
  • bystander effect's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as psychology/bystander-effect[21].
  • bystander effect's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 39348[22].
  • bystander effect's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as ksptqs3p[23].

Why It Matters

bystander effect ranks in the top 5% of phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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