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Piliavin (1969): social - Coggle Diagram
Piliavin (1969): social
Background
Initial studies were conducted in a lab setting with bystanders only hearing the emergency, Piliavin conducted in New York subway and the emergency was both seen and heard
Method
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Controls
Victim- male, dressed the same, drunk- smells like alcohol, ill- carried a cane
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Procedure
7.5 minutes with no stops, weekdays between 11am and 3pm, victim, models and two observers get on train, 70 seconds into the journey victim staggers and collapses, stays on floor unless aided.
130 trails each day. Model would stand in the critical area and waits 70 or 150 seconds after the victim collapses until they interfered and helped. Unless help was already there.
Aims
To investigate the impact on helping behaviour of different variables: type of victim (drunk/ill), race of victim, someone setting an example of helping behaviour, number of witnesses
Results
Type of victim: ill victim received spontaneous help on 62/65 trials, drunk victim received help on 19/38 trails.
Race of victim: 55% of white victims were helped vs 45% of black victims, if the victim was drunk it was usually members of his own race that helped him.
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Conclusions
Someone who is ill is more likely to receive help than someone who is drunk. Men are more likely to help than women. Tendency for same race helping. Help is quicker if lots of witnesses.