figure 12.2 Bystander intervention The graph shows the speed with which people helped someone who apparently was having a seizure. Participants were assigned to groups of varying size (2, 3, or 6 persons, where the other members were confederates). Helping behavior varied in the different-sized groups. In larger groups—that is, when more bystanders were around—participants were slower to help (Darley & Latané, 1968).