The bystander effect

When discussing public behaviour we discussed something called the bystander effect which meant assuming if you dont do something someone else will, the idea that our society is somewhat selfish.

The bystander effect is a social phenomenon that refers to cases where individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present. The probability of help has in the past been thought to be inversely related to the number of bystanders; in other words, the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help. This linked back to our topic of conformity.