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The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos vor 4 Jahren

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When Kitty Genovese was murdered, her family and the wider world
was told that bystanders watched, but did nothing to intervene.
Psychologists tried to explain this callous inaction with a
popular theory - the "bystander effect".

Dr Laurie Santos was taught this theory - that most people won't
in step help - but talking to Kitty's brother and Lady Gaga's
mother she reveals that the "bystander effect" is wrong. People
do like helping out, and we get a happiness boost from being
kind. So how do we encourage more bystanders to intervene?

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