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Responsibility

Everything on this site about responsibility — each one naming the study behind it.

The presence of more people makes you less helpful.
Darley and Latané (1968) found participants were 85% likely to help a person in need when alone, and 31% when four oth…
The presence of others decreases your urgency to help.
The bystander effect reduces the probability of any single individual offering assistance in an emergency when others …
The presence of others makes you less likely to act.
A 1968 study found that individuals are significantly less likely to intervene in an emergency when they believe other…
The presence of others changes your moral compass.
The bystander effect demonstrates that your likelihood of intervening in an emergency decreases as the number of witne…