Levine Et Al✅

Question 1

What does collective societies mean:

Answer 1

Caring, put needs of family above their own

Question 2

What does individual societies mean?

Answer 2

Strong feelings towards independence as freedom/ individual rights

Question 3

What does simpatia societies mean?

Answer 3

Friendly, polite, helpful

Question 4

How many cities form large countries?

Answer 4

23

Question 5

How were pps selected?

Answer 5

Second person to cross an imaginary line

Children and disabled excluded

Question 6

What type of experiment?

Answer 6

Quasi

Question 7

Design/ procedure info:

Answer 7

• all male experimenters
• 2 or more locations in busy cities
• experimenters did not talk to pps
• experimenters we’re trained

Question 8

Independent variables/ conditions:

Answer 8

1. Dropped pen
2. Walking with a limp and dropped magazines
3. Blind person crossing road

Question 9

4 characteristics recorded about city and its inhabitants:

Answer 9

• pp size
• economic prosperity
• cultural values
• pace of life

Question 10

Which country helped the most?

Answer 10

Rio de Janeiro (93% help)

Question 11

Which country helped the least?

Answer 11

Kuela Lumper and Malaysia (40%)

Question 12

Aim:

Answer 12

Investigate difference in non- emergency helping in a range of cultures

Question 13

How was population size measured?

Answer 13

Taken from United Nations Demographic Yearbook

Question 14

How was economic prosperity measured?

Answer 14

Taken from the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)- published by world bank

Question 15

How were cultural values measured?

Answer 15

Psychologists rated countries from 1 (very collective) to 10 (very individualistic)- average ratings used.

Spanish/ Latin American countries= coded simpatia/ non-simpatia

Question 16

How was pace of life measured?

Answer 16

Average speed to walk 60 feet between two markers

Question 17

+/- of study:

Answer 17

+ field- natural behaviour
- field- controlling extraneous variables (but researchers were trained to ensure all pps had same experiences)
+quantitative data
-ethics (no consent, deception, withdrawal and debrief)
+good ecological validity
-poor internal reliability (natural setting- pps may not have had same experience)
+large reliable sample
+practical applications to travellers
-very social sensitive as results can be upsetting to some