Don T People Help In A Crisis Essay

From the past until now cell phone play a very important part of people’s life. We could not deny that we have all been in a situation where our cell phone has help us or helped someone in some type of way. With the advent of cell phones people are more likely to help no to help even if it just by calling 911 because it’s safe, quick, and you can make a call in the event of a situation and not get involved. John M. Darley, and Bibb Latane, book writers’ talk about this in an article wrote by both men. In “Why Don’t People Help In A Crisis:” They explain how society is less likely to help in the event emergencies occur. They stated “Instead, we find that a bystander to an emergency is an anguished individual in genuine doubt, wanting to do the

We as people avoid a lot of situations some people can see crimes being committed, simple injuries, and different emergencies happing and not help. However it’s not that people don’t want to some people are just afraid. Fearing getting involved wanting to avoid personal interaction with the situation. Since the advent of the cell phone it has made it easier for people to help people in a respectful way without getting involved physically. Suppose there was a woman being assaulted by her 350 pound husband. She is screaming for help. Would you get involve and put yourself in harm’s way? Since the advent of the cell phones we don’t have to get involved in situations like that. Grabbing your phone calling 911 and avoiding personal interaction with the situation keep people safe and from being harmed also. In an article wrote by John M. Darley, and Bibb Latane “Why People Don’t Help in a Crisis” the article goes into how we as a society is taught about helping people in the event of an emergency. They explain that “Americans consider it bad manners to look closely at other people in public”. “We are taught to respect the privacy of others, and when among strangers we close our ears and avoid staring. (Darley, Latane