Describe the five steps of helping as proposed by John Darley and Bibb Latané.?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
?Soon after Kitty Genovese’s murder and the uproar that followed, researchers Bibb Latané and John Darley (1969) set out to determine which factors influence whether we help others in need. They found that apathy or lack of concern is not the reason that people fail to help in situations like the Genovese murder. They also discovered that deciding whether to help someone is not necessarily a single decision, nor is it a simple decision to make. You must first notice that something out of the ordinary is occurring. Second, you must correctly interpret the situation as one that requires your aid. It is very possible that some of those who heard Kitty Genovese’s cries did not realize that they were anything other than the normal sounds of a New York City street at night. Third, you must feel that you have a responsibility to intervene in the situation. Some of the 38 witnesses may have believed that someone else was coming to Kitty’s aid. Fourth, you must decide how to help the person in distress. If you don’t know what to do, you cannot offer help to someone in need. Finally, you must implement your helping strategy, and actually help the person in need.
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