Piliavin

Question 1

Date of study

Answer 1

1968

Question 2

Mean number of people in the critical area

Answer 2

8.5

Question 3

Time that study took place

Answer 3

11am - 3pm

Question 4

Where study took place

Answer 4

New York, USA subway, 8th Avenue subway

Question 5

Research method

Answer 5

Field experiment (with observational techniques)

Question 6

What did the victim do?

Answer 6

After 70 seconds, the victim staged a collapse. If no help, model steps in.

Question 7

How many trials were used, in total?

Answer 7

103

Question 8

There were four students in each ‘team’. What were their roles?

Answer 8

Male victim, model, 2 observers.

Question 9

Number of trials for ‘drunk’ victim.

Answer 9

38

Question 10

Number of trials for ‘sober’ victim.

Answer 10

65

Question 11

The four model conditions

Answer 11

Early: 70
Late: 150
No Model
Critical/Adjacent area

Question 12

What did observer one record?

Answer 12

Number of passengers, sex, race, total number who helped.

Question 13

What did observer two record?

Answer 13

Comments, time taken to help, details of passengers in adjacent.

Question 14

How often did the drunk victim receive help?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

How often did the ‘sober’ victim receive help?

Answer 15

95%

Question 16

Percentage of drunk victims helped before the model stepped in.

Answer 16

17%

Question 17

Percentage of sober victims helped before the model stepped in.

Answer 17

87%

Question 18

Percentage of helpers that were male

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

Race effect

Answer 19

‘SAME RACE EFFECT’

Question 20

When were most comments made passengers?

Answer 20

When no help was offered.

Question 21

Improvements

Answer 21

1) Cultural difference: Do the study elsewhere

2) Female victim

Question 22

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 22

Piliavin didn’t evidence of this.

Question 23

Number of participants

Answer 23

4450, 4500 (approx)