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In different scenarios people tend to act different when they are by themselves or in a group. In this passage “Individualism in Groups” by Carol Tavris there are several behaviors someone would act in a group or by themselves in a situation. Someone alone in a dangerous situation would think differently from someone in a group. For example, one individual is there to witness someone’s life in danger they would most likely help the person. However, in a group they would heisted to report it because the person would assumed that someone already helped, that is called “Diffusion of Responsibility.”

             I don't agree with this idea because it depends on the situation a group or an individual is in. For example, it is late at night outside of a bar theirs a homeless man lying on the floor. Someone by themselves walking would witness it and most likely do nothing. The person would assume it is just a drunken poor homeless man in the street and would walk by. This evidence that I showed proves that the author is wrong about a single person being by themselves would help or report someone being in trouble.

In my personal experience I have been in a car accident with my sister, cousin, and my mother who was driving. Soon as the car crash into a parked car people who witness it offer to help us. No one heisted to call the ambulance and some even offer for their help. In conclusion the author’s analogy I do not agreed with it because, my experience proves the author being wrong about “Diffusion of Responsibility.” Again it depends on the situation people are in. In conclusion people just have different mind frame than others.