Opening Skinner's Box
Summary:
The chapter opens up with the gruesome depiction of some poor woman being stabbed and raped several time while pleading for help. Her yells fell on deaf ears as no neighbors came to her rescue and she was ignored. A study is then conducted after this to see the reactions of group think and shared responsibility. In the study where a person fakes a seizure, only about 30% of people react to help. The rest just ignored the problem because all others did.
Discussion:
It was shocking to read this and see how no one stopped to help the poor woman. I will admit there have been times where I wanted to react but did not do so in an obvious manner because others didn't react as well. It i quite disturbing to see how the inaction of many during a serious problem can paralyze many from doing anything.
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