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Piliavin, Piliavin & Rodin Flashcards

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Prompted by?

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Kitty Genovese case and to test the ‘bystander effect’

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Aims?

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Whether diffusion of responsibility does apply in all situations

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What experiment type was it?

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Field Experiment

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Where was it?

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New York

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IV?

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Type of victims and race of victim

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What were the two types of victim?

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Drunk as Ill

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DV?

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Time taken for the first passenger to offer help, total number of passengers who helped, time taken for help after the model helped and gender, race and location of helpers

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Number of participants?

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4,450

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Percentage of black people in participants?

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45%

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Percentage of white participants?

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55%

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Procedure?

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Victim stood in the middle of the critical area, 70 seconds after the 1st station, the victim collapsed and 150 seconds after the model helped (if no one else had)

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Drunk victim carried?

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Brown bag, smelt of alcohol

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How many trials did the drunk man?

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38 trials

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Ill victim carried?

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Black cane and sober

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How many trials were there for the ill patient?

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65 trials

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What is the responsibility called?

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Diffusion of responsibility

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The cane victim got helped?

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95%

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How many times was the drunk man helped?

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50%

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Which sex was 50% of helpers?

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Male

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Did races help each other?

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Yes

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How long did it take for ill people?

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5 seconds

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How long did it take for a drunk person to get helped in seconds?

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109 seconds

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Conclusion?

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Helping behaviour is determined by a cost-reward calculation

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Generalisability?

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Large sample, but all from the same area (New York) an restricted to people who use the train at the time

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Control?

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Lack of control

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Ecological validity?

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High

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Environment?

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In a closed environment- no where to get away from the situation easily

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