Pivilan

Question 1

Diffusion of responsibly and pluralistic ignorance?

Answer 1

D- less likely to help if someone else is present

P- people in a group to mislead each other about an emergency situation

Question 2

Aim

Answer 2

Investigate factors of helping behaviour

Question 3

Ivs?

Answer 3

Type of victim- I’ll or drunk

• race of victim
• model position
• model timing. Helo after 70 secs or 150

Question 4

Participants

Answer 4

4450 men and women travelling between 11am and 3pm weekdays between a particulat stretch of New York subway from Harlem to Bronx

Question 5

Average racial compeition?

Answer 5

45 black 55 white

Question 6

Observers?

Answer 6

2 women sat in the next compartment

Question 7

How mnay trails?

Answer 7

103

Question 8

Victim?

Answer 8

Drunk on 38 trails and ill on 65

Question 9

Results

Answer 9

Type of victim- 62/65 helped on ill victim, however only 19/38 helped drunk.
Race or victim- no difference
Gender of helpers- 90% were male
Race of helpers- 64% were white , excepted from distubrution of carriage
‘It’s for men to help him’ ‘I wish I could help I’m not strong enough’

Question 10

How can emotional arousal by reduced?

Answer 10

Helping, seeking help from another source, leaving the scene, devising the person doesn’t need help

Question 11

What’s the explanation of reisitsv

Answer 11

Cost reward model

Question 12

Strengths of method

Answer 12

Hugh kevel of ecological validity.
Large sample size and is generalisable
Quantitative and qualitative results

Question 13

Limitations

Answer 13

Ethical issues- nor debriefed no consent

Difficult to control due to it being field experiment