Passage 8
Thirty-two people watched kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about ones fellow man?
Not so, say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to probe the reasons why people didnt act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency.
Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma from diabetes? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?
Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is itsteam pipes? Or is it really smoke from a fire? Its not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.
Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person wont get the help he needs.
The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to betested. Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on thetests. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided thetesting roomand the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape-recorder.
Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.
In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, neednt. They do not feel any direct responsibility.
Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that the people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt the other persons trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.
职场社交英语:【45--你别跟我婆婆妈妈的】
职场社交英语:【13--另一张绿色便条纸】
职场口语:解决你在办公室碰到的难题
职场社交英语:【35--他会改变主意的】
职场社交英语:【62--我计诱你和盘托出】
职场社交英语:【21--你真是心狠手辣】
职场社交英语:【59--你早就知道是我?】
职场社交英语:【39--你这个疯婆娘!】
职场社交英语:【8--我受不了电脑怪胎】
职场口语:办公室洋美眉们的"损人大全"
职场英语口语:如果失业了该怎么办?
职场社交英语:【47--我有预感你会过来】
职场社交英语:【52--我能信得过你吗】
职场社交英语:【14--有谁一早就在这里了?】
职场社交英语:【46--你怎能那么肯定?】
办公室英语口语谬误之I Think
职场社交英语:【41--你不打算想想办法吗?】
职场社交英语:【51--你得要沉得住气】
职场英语口语:“炒鱿鱼”的各种英文表达
职场社交英语:【34--这在我的控制之下】
职场百科:办公室日常口语对话(1)
职场社交英语:【32--我太紧张了】
职场社交英语:【1--欢迎来到资讯王】
职场社交英语:【25--这是难关,对吧?】
职场社交英语:【29--我猜我只是有点紧张】
职场英语口语:关于“工作”的常用短语
职场社交英语:【2--此话怎讲?】
职场社交英语:【36--他或许会有些尴尬】
职场社交英语:【18--我们得要抢先完成】
职场社交英语:【56--你现在要怎么做?】
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