Levine Flashcards
Aims?
1- if helping behaviour varies across situations
2- if helping behaviour varies across countries
3- what characteristics effect helping behaviour
Method?
Quasi in a field environment. Conditions involved comparing groups of people living in each city. Correlational analyse investigated the relationships between helping and various community variables
Participants?
23 cities. Volunteer. 1198 participants. Children, elders and not capable of helping were excluded
Researcher?
Male and didn’t speak to anyone. College age and beat you dressed. Trained
3 situations
Dropped pen
Hurt leg, limo and a leg brace dropped magazines
Blind person crossing road- wore dark glasses a snd had a white cane
Community variables
Population size, PPP, cultural values- collectivist and individually ice and simpatia, pace of life
Most likely to help city?
Rio de Janeiro 100, 80, 100
Simpatia country
New York?
Individualistic. 31, 28, 75
Eh of simpatia countries
Brazil, Mexico and Spain
Ppp
-.43 more well off they are, less likely to help
Strengths of method?
High ecological validity, participants unaware of study, sample side was large, quantitatdata for comparison
Limitations of the method
Correlational analysis meaning cause and effect cannot be established.
Validity some people might of notuced what was happening
Deception