Sunday, October 7, 2007

The Bystander Effect Appendix A

Definitions

empathetic concern- response to another person in which the bystander feels compassion

personal distress- experience of anxiety when someone else is upset

pluralistic ignorance- looking to others for cues about how to behave, while they are looking at you; collectively misinterpretation (Baumeister & Bushman, 2008, pp. 270)

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