Paper2: Social-Levine Flashcards
1
Q
What is collectivism?
A
- putting other people’s needs before your own
2
Q
What is individualism?
A
- putting your own needs before anyone else
3
Q
What is simpatia?
A
- the concern with the social well-being of others
- implicit prerogative to be actively friendly or polite
4
Q
What theories inspired Levine?
A
- collectivism vs individualism
- reciprocal altruism
- kin selection theory
5
Q
What were the three aims to Levine?
A
- determine if a city’s tendency to offer non-emergency help to strangers is stable across situations over a wide range of cultures
- gain data on helping behaviours across cultures using identical procedures
- identify country-level variables that might relate to differences in helping
6
Q
What type of research was Levine?
A
- cross cultural
7
Q
What type of experiment was Levine?
A
- quasi
8
Q
What measures design was used in levine?
A
- independent
9
Q
What was the independent variable in Levine?
A
- the largest city in 23 countries
10
Q
What was the dependent variables in Levine?
A
- helping rate
- dropped pen
- injured leg
- blind crossing street
- population size
- economic well being
- cultural values
- pace of life
11
Q
Describe the study sample in Levine?
A
- largest city in 23 countries
- study took place in business hours 1992-1997
- participants were the second potential person who crossed a predetermined line
