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isn't there a name for that? something like diffusion of responsibility. the same reason we don't help one person in trouble when there's more than one potentia
by adityar 14y ago
isn't there a name for that? something like diffusion of responsibility. the same reason we don't help one person in trouble when there's more than one potential helper...
- lunchbox 14y agoCorrect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_responsibility
- philbarr 14y agoYou mean like this: http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/scraig/gansberg.html http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/scraig/gansberg.html
- dsirijus 14y agoBut this technically isn't diffusion. It's concentration of responsibility.
- smanek 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect
- ackien 14y agoThe bystander effect/Genovese syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect Perhaps the effect is quite different when there is just one other bystander, as opposed to a whole crowd of them.
- ekanes 14y agoYes, but there's a critical difference. In this case there's a clear recipient - someone asked to do something/reply. In the case of the Genovese effect, no-one is specifically asked to do anything, and no-one does.