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Increase: The niceness of the original owner of the dog and how they asked the people to watch over the dog. For example, if they were very nice about asking, it would cause the people to be more protective of the dog. Also the cuteness of the dog could cause people to be more protective over it.
Decrease: If the person taking the dog was nice and seemed genuine, the people would be more willing to give the dog up. Also, if the dog was not cute or behaved badly they might let the people take it.

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Increase: If a witness had experience working hard for little money they would have an increased chance of speaking out because they understand that tips are hard earned money and it is wrong to steal them (former busboy who saw the theft). Helping behavior would also increase if many people saw the crime than just one person because they could back each other for support and their claim that somebody had stolen money would be justified because it would be many people's words against the person who stole the money.

Decrease: A decrease in helping behavior would occur if only one person saw the person stealing the tips because it would be harder for them to confront the thief or report the crime without others backing them up. Another reason a decrease in helping behavior would occur is if only one person saw the crime and was hesitant to report because they didn't know whether or not it actually was a crime. If they were wrong and the person wasn't actually stealing the money, then they would feel embarrassed.

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Increase: people were more likely to step in if they perceived the person as a bad person, in their example when they had the black kid steal the bike people's own biases made them believe that the black kid was automatically up to no good. if someone has back up they will be more likely to step in, because knowing there are others on their side to help them out if things go south will give people courage to intervene, after the one woman stopped the black kid others joined in because they knew they had other's support.
Decrease: if people had kids with them they may not want to step in and cause drama in front of their children. if people are physically smaller or weaker than the person stealing something they may not want to step in out of fear of personal injury.

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Increase in helping behavior: if they person stealing the bike was white, then the people will ignore them stealing the bike and if the persona stealing the bike is female, then males around will actually help her steal it.
Decrease in helping behavior- when the persona stealing the bike was a male, there was no helping behavior by people passing by but rather people ask questions as to what they are doing. When the person stealing the bike was black, people were more likely to call the cops and get angry and shout. The Psychologist in the video says this is because people automatically have a stereotype that black people steal and white people are good

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-Increasing Helping Behavior: if they are a white. It also helps if they are girl it also causes more people, mostly men, to help.
-Decrease: If the person stealing the bike is black, others are more likely to report him. Also if the thief is a male, more people stop and question what he is doing.
-The perceptions that people have cause them to assume that the thief has either good or bad intentions. Many men even helped the woman because they assumed she needed help and couldn't see her doing anything wrong.

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Increase: the cuteness of the dog because people thought it looked so sweet and helpless they wanted to protect it. People were more inclined to take better care of the dog because of how nice the owner was, because the owner was so sweet they would have felt guilty if they let her down. Also the fact that everyone at the cafe would see if they just gave away the dog makes them be more moral.
Decrease: If a person is very busy or preoccupied they may not pay very much attention to the dog and they might not notice if the dog is taken or have the time to run after it. People with little value for animals won't care as much or be swayed by its cuteness, they may not realize how important the dog is to its owner.

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Increase: If there are multiple people who witness the same crime, a person would be more likely to report the crime. Also, if the witness confronts the thief, then more people would be willing to choose a side
decrease: if nobody else saw it, the witness may be unsure of whether or not it happened

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Increase: if the dog is harmed a person would be more likely to help; if the person has some sort of attraction towards the dog, they would sympathize and would be willing to help
Decrease: if the person is busy or running late, they might not stop to help since they have somewhere to be; if the person has a fear of dogs, they would be less likely to help than a person who loves dogs

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increase: intimidating male snatchers made people more worried for the safety of the dog. Also how cute the dog is because it looked so small and helpless.
Decrease: the women thief appeared more approachable and nicer so they didn't pay as much attention to her with the dog. Or if the person there doesn't like dogs they wouldn't want to defend it as much.

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Increase : When other people witness the crime or the incident and when it is reported there are more people to defend what happened. This is because when there are more people defending the situation, the people become more confident and stern with their view point. It is also increased if there are more people in the area such as the restaurant even if no one steps in to help. For example, the woman reported the money by herself but later said she felt safe because if she was attacked there would be 50 other people in the area to support her.

Decrease: when the individual reporting the incident is alone without any support to help defend their claim. This is because the individual will start seconding guessing themselves and be unsure if they are overreacting about the situation since they are alone and don't have another person to check their evidence. Another example is if the person is in an open area without any witnesses to support them if something were to happen.

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Increasing Helping Behavior:
People are willing to help rather than remain as bystanders in situations where there are others that have witnessed the situation as well. In the video, Megan was unwilling to back down and was able to elicit the support of almost half of the restaurant. When asked whether she was afraid of the argument breaking out into the fight, she even said that she was confident because she knew there were many around her who would be willing to step in and protect her. Another factor would be that the helper shares similarities with the victim. In the video, the man was adamant about speaking up because he was once a bus boy and knew how valuable tips were.

Decreasing Helping Behavior:
In large crowds, people often assume that someone else will speak out/take care of the situation so they back down. Another factor is when only that individual has witnessed the emergency and less people are willing to believe his or her account of what happened. This occurred
with one of the helper's when many in the restaurant didn't see the stealing and weren't willing to support the accuser.

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increasing helping behavior- If they were in a more crowed place and had the help to spot the guy who stole the tips it would make it more likely for them to say something.
Decreasing- If you were alone or in a less crowded place you would be less likely to speak out, and if no one else brought it up they may be less likely to say something.

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Increase Helping Behavior:
- more witnesses would give others the confidence to report that the man stole the tip
- confronting the thief would cause those around to choose a side
Decrease Helping Behavior:
- being the only witness would cause second guesses to reporting the thief
- the bystander effect would cause one witness to assume another person will report it

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Increase: Someone would be more likely to help if others jumped in to help and backed them up. They would also be more likely to help if the waitress specifically came up to them and asked them what happened.
Decrease: They would be less likely to help if no one else said anything or seemed to think anything was out of the ordinary. They would also be less likely to help if they were in bad mood and didn't want to get involved in other peoples' problems

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Increase: Conformity and group norms. If multiple people saw the person stealing tips then the others want to go with crowd and will say that the person took it. Also group norms are followed rules and one of those rules is to not steal and so the crowd would be more likely to help because the person was not following a group norm and they want to make sure that they do.
Decrease: Attribution theory and peripheral route of persuasion. People may see the man stealing as someone who accidentally left the money or had an excuse so they would be less likely to help and peripheral route of persuasion because if the person who stole the money is attractive they will be more likely to believe they did not steal the money

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Increase: General attitude of love for dogs; Responsibility given to watch the dog leads to an obligation to watch over them properly

Decrease: Perceptions are created because of the dognapper's race and gender because of the prejudice in the society. The person could be easily bribed as well.