social psychology - Pilliavin - people in need -

Question 1

the context of the study

Answer 1

• to test the bystander effect
• to test the diffusion of
  responsibility
• interested in the way
  people act towards [people
  in need because of Kitty
  Genovese murder in New
  York.

Question 2

what was the method and technique used in the observation?

Answer 2

• field experiment
• note taking
• observation

Question 3

what was the sample like?

Answer 3

• quasi experiment, didn’t
  know were in an
  experiment
• experimenters were 22-29
  years old
• both black and white
• androcentric
• participants were subway
  riders/ bystanders
• 4550 people got on trains
  throughout 3 months
• 45% black and 55% white

Question 4

what materials were used?

Answer 4

• a cane
• a glass bottle
• train
• casual clothing
• clip board
• pen
• model

Question 5

what was the procedure ?

Answer 5

1) 4 people would get on
their train at their given
stop between their two
points
2) all people would sit down
3) person would either, look
ill or make drunk noises
4) the person would then fall
over in the critical zone
5) observer starts stopwatch
6) bystanders given either
70 seconds or 150 seconds
to aid and then the model
would step in and help

Question 6

what were the results for ill vs drunk conditions ?

Answer 6

• more people helped ill
  victim than drunk victim
• 79% of victims received
  immediate help and 60% where it was more than one person helping.
• in cane condition 95% of
  victims received help
• in drunk condition 50% of
  victims received immediate
  help
• people took longer to
  respond to drunk person
  than cane as drunk. over
  70 seconds in 83% drunk
  trials and only 17% in ill
  condition.