Levine 2001 Flashcards
What is the research design used?
Independent measures design
What is the sample?
Largest cities of 23 countries
What is the procedure?
3 different helping situations -dropped pen -blind -injured leg They measured how many people helped each condition
What are 2 findings of the study?
1) The most helpful country- Brazil, Rio De Janeiro= 93%
The least helpful- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur= 40%
2) Significant relationship between helping behaviour and economic well-being
What is 1 conclusion?
Cultures helping behaviours is consistent for certain situations (more serious)
What research method is used?
Quasi experiment
How it relates to the key theme ‘ Helping behaviour’?
Levels of helping behaviour varies across the world
How it relates to the social area?
Because the helping behaviours they were investigated correlated with a social environment
How is Levine similar to Piliavin?
- Data was collected in the field
- Ps didn’t know they were taking part in psychological research
How is Levine different from Piliavin?
- P’s data collected in 1 country, L’s data from 23
- P had 1 helping scenario, L’s had 3
