Levine

Question 1

What were the goals/aims of this research?

Answer 1

Is helping of strangers a cross culturally meaningful characteristic of a place?
Does helping of strangers vary cross culturally?
What are some community characteristics that are related to helping of strangers across cultures?

Question 2

How many conditions took place?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

Describe the dropped pen condition

Answer 3

Experimentors walked at a moderate pace and pretended to drop a pen
Helping was classed as calling back or picking up the pen and bringing it to the experimenter.

Question 4

Describe the hurt leg condition

Answer 4

Experimenters would walk with a heavy limp then pretend to drop a pile of magazines
Helping was defined as offering to help or helping

Question 5

Describe helping a blind person across the street

Answer 5

Experimentors wore dark glasses and carried a cane and pretended to be blind
Approached a crossing and waited 60 seconds to see if anyone would help
Helping was defined as informing the person the light was green or guiding them across the street

Question 6

What were some of the results of the study?

Answer 6

Rio de Janiero helping behaviour high across all conditions 90%
New York low across all conditions 44%

Question 7

What correlational analysis were carried out for each of the 23 countries?

Answer 7

Population size
economic indicator
Cultural values
Waling speed

Question 8

What was the only statistically significant correlation found?

Answer 8

Cities with lower levels of purchasing tend to be more helpful

Question 9

Which two other variables were analysed?

Answer 9

Gender - no significant differences found
Simpatia - Latin american countries were on average more helpful

Question 10

What conclusions were drawn from the study?

Answer 10

Purchasing power is negatively correlated with helping behaviour
Latin america and spain showed higher levels of help than other cities
Many variables showed trends but were not significant