The document summarizes key concepts from social psychology related to bystander intervention and helping behavior, including the bystander effect, empathy-altruism, pluralistic ignorance, stereotypes, and evaluation apprehension. It was written by five students for a social psychology class and defines each concept, such as how the bystander effect refers to individuals being less likely to help a victim when other people are present. It concludes with a thank you.

1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
MELANIE SOON YU XIN (0322327)
EE HUI TENG (0322548)
MUHAMMAD A’MEER MOHD A’SEEM (0322891)
MUHAMMAD AREEB BIN AMIRULLAH (0322347)
lim woo leon (0322180)

2. the storyline

3. the concept
the bystander effect
• phenomenon in which individuals do not offer any means of
help to a victim when other people are present
• the more bystanders there are, the less likely help will be
given to the victim

4. the concept
empathy altruism
• situation where if you feel empathy towards another
person you will help them
• regardless of benefiting from it or not

5. the concept
pluralistic ignorance
• situation where a majority of people rejects a norm
privately, but incorrectly assumes others accept it and go
along with it
• “no one believes but everyone thinks that everyone believes”

6. the concept
stereotype
• fixed and oversimplified image or idea
• on a type of person or thing

7. the concept
evaluation apprehension
• where someone fears evaluations by the public, therefore
doesn’t help out
• intervention would seem foolish

8. conclusion

9. THANK YOU