John Darley

John M. Darley ( born April 3, 1938) is an American social psychologist. He dealt mainly with questions of human assistance and searched here to find rules.

Life

Darley studied from 1956 to 1960 at Swarthmore College, where in 1960 he earned a bachelor's degree. Later he went to Harvard University, where he earned a master ( 1962) and a Ph.D. (1965 ) acquired. One of the most important Ph. D. student of Darley Daniel Batson can be counted.

Research

Darley was primarily known for his work with Bibb Latané. They examined the bystander effect, ie the question of why people do not always intervene when in an accident or other event help is needed. Background was the murder of Kitty Genovese, who was murdered in March 1964 in New York, while 38 people watched idly.

Through experiments Darley found that a multi- can lead to people at the site of an event to a reduced willingness to help. He attributed this to two causes. Firstly, the people would get the impression that because no help, all his accuracy have ( pluralistic ignorance ) and on the other 'll unclear in groups, who has responsibility ( diffusion of responsibility ), which reduced also reduce the willingness of an accident or other incident.

According to Latané and Darley (1970 ), there is only to provide assistance when

If all five conditions are met, it does not come to assist.

Swell

• Philip Zimbardo and Richard J. Gerrig Psychology. ISBN 9-783540200116

• Social psychologist
• Americans
• Born in 1938
• Man