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Diffusion of responsibility [1] is a sociopsychological phenomenon whereby a person is less likely to take responsibility for action or inaction when other bystanders or witnesses are present. Considered a form of attribution , the individual assumes that others either are responsible for taking action or have already done so.
A 1976 edition of the journal Ekistics used the phrase in the context of bureaucratic inaction on low-income housing, describing "the principle of somebody else's problem" as something that prevented progress.
(4) “displacement of responsibility” - "I was just following the orders of my superiors" -is an example of this. (5) “diffusion of responsibility” distributed the accountability from one person to an poorly-defined group. (6) “distortion of consequences” misrepresents the effects of the act as not significant.
"It's a huge responsibility just trying to set that example for them to be good, responsible, decent human beings and treat everybody with kindness. My mom and dad always taught us that. I had a ...
Group diffuses responsibility: a diffusion of responsibility throughout the group seems to give members of these groups a free rein to act as they see fit (Wallach, Kogan, & Bem 1964). The emotional bonds that are created within the group serve to decrease anxiety within the group and the actual risk of the situation seems less.
Andy Cohen is spilling the tea on what it's like working with longtime friend and colleague Anderson Cooper. Before SiriusXM's 10th Annual Radio Andy Holiday Hangout (which he co-hosts with Amy ...
In a worrying sign for Ukraine, the incoming Trump administration has signaled its disapproval of some of its recent attacks on Russian soil.
The application of social impact varies from diffusion of responsibility to social loafing, stage fright or persuasive communication. In 1981, Latané developed the social impact theory using three key variables: Strength (S) is a net of all individual factors that make a person influential.