darley and latanes study

Question 1

what was teh aim of the experiment

Answer 1

to observe the behiour of bystanders in an emergency

Question 2

describe the participnats of the experiemnt

Answer 2

87 male college studnts living on campus were selcted via convinience sampling

Question 3

what materials were used

Answer 3

• questionairre
• titanium dioxide

Question 4

describe the procedure of the experiment

Answer 4

• participnats were asked to be interveiwed about the disadvantges of attenind an urban univeristy. those who agreed were divided into 3 sections ( sitting alone, sitting with two other participants, sitting iwth two other cinfederates). in each round participmnats were directind into a romm and told to wait here until firther instruction and fill out a questionairre, once they had completed a strem of smoke would be released into the room. Confederates were aksed to take notice of the smoke but not converse with the participant. The round was ended once the particiont left the room or was remeoved after 6 minutes. they were then interveiwed.

Question 5

what were the findings of the expereimnt

Answer 5

75% of participnats sitting alone reported the smoke
10% of participnats who were with confederates reported the smoke
39% of participnats who were iwth other prticionats reported the smoke.