Core Studies Second Year Flashcards
Studies in social area
Piliavin and Levine
Aim on piliavin study
To investigate situation factors that affect helping behaviour such as type of victim (cane/drunk) and race of victim
Research method of piliavin study
Field study that uses a covert observation and independent mesures
Iv of piliavin study
Drunk or ill
Race
If the model intervened
Number of witnesses
Procedure of piliavin study
It took place in New York 8 avenue line between 59th and 124th street as there was a 7 and a half interval which lead to a more captive audience. It was conducted between 11am and 3pm from April 1968 to June 1968 with 4450 unsollisted participants
Team in piliavin study
Victim:consists of men who dressed the same with 3 conditions white,victim and black
Model: male dressed informal to not attract any attention would help after critical,150 seconds of no help for victim 70 in late
Observer: female noted down race age gender and location of every bystander