John Darley and Bibb Latane.
Major contribution to our understanding of psychology
Both Bibb Latane and John Darley were investigating in the our emotions and the way we respond to situations in emergencies. This is part of the socio cultural perspective of psychology.
Significant research with some examples:
The bystander effect was first demonstrated by Bibb Latane and John Darley, After the murder of Kitty Genovese, who was murdered in a New York suburb in March 1964 while 38 witnesses watched on, none even called the Police. Bibb Latane and John Darley were interested in what people would do in emergency situations, they used pre planned experiments to time how long it took for people to act, or respond to the situation at all. The experiments found that when there are people are around they restrained from helping or contacting people about the problem.
Date and place of birth:
John M. Darley: born on April 3, 1938
Bibb Latane: born on July 19, 1937
Educational background
John Darley is an American social psychologist, Currently, he is a professor of psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology, John Darley studied at Swarthmore college from 1941-1960 whilst he was there he got his bachelor degree, and then later completed a masters degree in 1962 and his PHD in 1965 both at Harved University. 
Bibb Latane is a United States social psychologist. He is currently director in the centre of human science. Before then he worked with John Darley on Bystander intervention in emergencies. Bibb Latane received his B.A from Yale in 1958 and his PHD from the university of Minnesota in 1963. He taught at Columbia University, the Ohio State University, Florida Atlantic Uniersity and the University of North Carolina. Interests and hobbies
Bibb Latane: Teaching, researching, experimenting, reading, writing
