Mini-Writing: The Bystander Effect

The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon that occurs in a group of people. If someone is in need of help, other people are less likely to offer assistance in a larger group than in a smaller group. This has many factors associated with it; the number of people in the group, what the issue is, etc. One of the main reasons this occurs is because people often wait for others to act first before they take the initiative to do it themselves, causing a long pause between when the problem starts and when someone offers to help. This is the diffusion of responsibility, what happens when you’re not the only person capable of taking responsibility. Humans are pack animals and are used to having an authority figure, so when we see something that needs doing but we’re not the only authority figure nearby that can do it, we often become confused and wait for someone else to do it. This situation is almost nonexistent in one-on-one situations, as only one person can help, meaning that diffusion of responsibility doesn’t exist.

L1 Art

This year I am doing NCEA Level 1 Art. My kaupapa, or topic, for this year will be LGBTQ+ equality.

I'm choosing this topic because I am very openly LGBTQ+ and feel that the treatment people like me get in school and in our general community because of our sexuality and gender identity is unfair.

I will be working with painting and design media.

From line one, I choose Sofia Minson and Tony Fomison. From line two, I choose Claude Monet and Jacob Yikes.

I'll be studying John Heartfield out of the artists from my kaupapa.

This is the brainstorm of things I could do with my kaupapa:

(Sorry for the hard to read handwriting, there's writing on the back of the page)










My subject matter is going to be nature. I feel like I can do a lot with natural scenes in regard to the topic I picked.