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Standards Index: Sociocultural Context Domain: Content Standard 2: Social Influence

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2.2 Describe the effects of others’ presence on individuals’ behavior.

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Psychology: The Bystander Effect

Students will learn how social psychologists developed the concept of the bystander effect to explain passive reactions to a shocking crime in 1964, and how that theory can help to explain concerning behavior online today.