The Bystander Effect and the Passive Confederate: On the Interaction between Theory and Method

Journal of Mind and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 255-264

  Critelli, Joseph W ^a   Keith, Kathy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYSTANDER EFFECT; COOPERATION; COST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PASSIVE CONFEDERATE METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; REWARD; REWARD COST MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 1542350075     PISSN: 02710137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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