Piliavin

Question 1

What is the aim?

Answer 1

To investigate the impact on helping behaviour of a number of different variables:
Type of victim
Race of victim
Someone setting an example of helping behavioiur
Number of witnesses

Question 2

What was the procedure?

Answer 2

• Happened between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Four teams of students - each made up of a victim, model and two observers
• 70 seconds into journey