So i've just started watching these videos on Youtube and I find it very interesting, basically they set things up with actors etc and see what normal people will do..
It's very interesting and makes me happy when people stand up for what is right and just.
Here are a few of the videos but I must warn you, some of the comments/language is very hurtful so if you will get triggered by such things please don't watch.
This video is an employee with Downs Syndrome Insulted By Customers and seeing how people react.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMnY5578YQ0"]WWYD? - Employee With Down Syndrome Insulted By Customers - YouTube[/ame]
This one is an cake shop worker being very anti-jew when some jewish people want to put up a flyer in the cake shop..
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRX31HOikws"]Anti-Semitism on the Rise? ABC Primetime asks, "What Would You Do?" - YouTube[/ame]
So does the results of these tests shock you at all? Opinions?
Arghh, all I could think of was the ethics of this (damn psychology degree, screw you) and how ethical it was to plant people in such situations and see how they react! Personally, I find it incredibly interesting, I just didn't realise that ethics had been drilled into me as much as it has!
I think this relates to the bystander effect, like, when I looked at the Kitty Genova (is that right?) case and she was killed and people could hear/see (there were several cases, I might be mixing them up) and nobody did anything. I found it very interesting but incredibly upsetting because it made me question my own values and morale judgements.
I know, right? I'm still watching all the different ones.
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Originally Posted by Shine.
Arghh, all I could think of was the ethics of this (damn psychology degree, screw you) and how ethical it was to plant people in such situations and see how they react! Personally, I find it incredibly interesting, I just didn't realise that ethics had been drilled into me as much as it has!
I think this relates to the bystander effect, like, when I looked at the Kitty Genova (is that right?) case and she was killed and people could hear/see (there were several cases, I might be mixing them up) and nobody did anything. I found it very interesting but incredibly upsetting because it made me question my own values and morale judgements.
It might not to 100% ethical but it's shockingly interesting.
I don't know about the case you are talking about, it does not ring any bells D:
I think questioning these things can be a good thing, though?
We were looking into murders at the time and it all got a bit upsetting because people hadn't looked to save someone who ended up getting murdered. There are some really interesting case studies if you look up bystander theory.
I dislike that I immediately thought about ethics. I'm sure my lecturers would love it. Damn them! :P
No one knows how they'd react until actually put into that situation. And as already said, there are definite ethical questions about filming people and then posting it online for others to judge, especially if these people haven't given their consent.
No one knows how they'd react until actually put into that situation. And as already said, there are definite ethical questions about filming people and then posting it online for others to judge, especially if these people haven't given their consent.
They did get consent, they got the people involved to do the releases after filming, it was shown on another episode.
No one knows how they'd react until actually put into that situation. And as already said, there are definite ethical questions about filming people and then posting it online for others to judge, especially if these people haven't given their consent.
Also it was for one of these big news channels in the US of A.
God, I would hate to be put in this position. I'm usually far too anxious to interact with others when out and would probably be terrified to 'speak up'. I guess that would have me painted as a bad person, even though I don't think that's true at all. I wonder if they consider that 'bystanders' might also be vulnerable people.
