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Discuss research evidence relating to Human Altruism and/or bystander behaviour When studying the explanations of bystander behaviour, Latane and Darley (1970) formulated the decision model, which is a five stage model to explain why bystanders at emergencies sometimes do and sometimes do not offer help. Before bystanders intervene, they go through a series of stages. At first, they must notice the situation, then they must interpret as to whether or not it is an emergency, they must then decide to accept some personality and then consider what the best form of intervention is. Lastly, at stage five, they must decide how to implement their intervention. At each stage of this model, observers may make a decision that inhibits helping. Latane and Darley identified two distinct psychological processes that might explain the social inhibition effect. If one emergency is witnessed by more than one person, the less the personal responsibility there is...

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