This is Liverpool Street station in London and it was the scene of a really famous uh psychological experiment. What happened was the researchers they asked a bunch of actors to lie around this area on the steps on the ground pretending to be sick or unconscious. Um, and they wanted to see how quickly or how slowly people would stop and help them.
And what you saw was all these city workers, you know, who work in the financial district of London. They were all sort of looking at them, looking at each other, almost stepping over these people who were lying on the ground, looking like they were in real trouble, but nobody actually did anything. It was fascinating.
Well, it goes back to our herd instinct. That's the reason that people do that, and we do explain that in our active bystander training. But then during this experiment something happened and this one thing happened that changed the entire behavior of the people who were just standing by being passive bystanders and doing nothing about it.
Suddenly they all sprung into action and started asking these people do you need help? Are you okay? And showing concern.
What was that thing? Well we do show you the full video in our active bystander training. Uh and all is revealed.
Uh so on today which is a very special day for active bystanders globally uh just think about it. What stops you? What is the bystander effect that stops you from intervening if you witness poor behavior?
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