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Bibb Latané
Researcher at Florida Atlantic University
Publications - 95
Citations - 18350
Bibb Latané is an academic researcher from Florida Atlantic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social impact theory & Social relation. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 94 publications receiving 17451 citations. Previous affiliations of Bibb Latané include Ohio State University & Columbia University.
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The psychology of social impact.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a theory of social impact specifying the effect of other persons on an in-dividual, where other people are the source of impact and the individual is the target, and impact should be a multiplicative function of the strength, immediacy and number of other people.
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Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of responsibility.
John M. Darley,Bibb Latané +1 more
TL;DR: This experiment suggests that the explanation for bystander inaction in real-life emergencies may lie more in the bystander's response to other observers than in his indifference to the victim.
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Many Hands Make Light the Work: The Causes and Consequences of Social Loafing
TL;DR: The authors found that when asked to perform the physically exerting tasks of clapping and shouting, people exhibit a sizable decrease in individual effort when performing in groups as compared to when they perform alone.