piliavin

Question 1

what was piliavin investigating

Answer 1

how a group of people would react if they saw a person collapse on a train. specifically, the difference between an ill person or a drunk person

Question 2

how many participants were there

Answer 2

4 university students (2 male victims and helpers who switched roles and 2 females who observed)

4000+ new yorkers were also involved although they weren’t told about it

Question 3

what was the iv of the experiment

Answer 3

appearance (drunk or ill)

Question 4

what was the dv of the experiment

Answer 4

bystander intervention before the helper

Question 5

what were the results

Answer 5

it took 70 seconds before the male helper was told to intervene

50% of participants helped the drunk victim

95% of participants helped the ill victim

Question 6

what is a strength of the study

Answer 6

participants were unaware they were being studied - high in ecological validity

Question 7

what is a weakness of the study

Answer 7

the study only used male victims so the results may not be applicable to women