PSYC 220 Classic Study Quiz 4

1. told they were having a discussion on college life

2. they divide the participants and confederates into different rooms and speak to each other with an intercom. Eventually the the confederate says ‘I think I am having a seizure’ then the intercom goes silent.

   1. they could be in a 2,3, or 6 person group

3. DV - does the participant get up to help or not

4. DV - latency - how long does it take for the participant to get up

5. results - bystander effect - the more people, the less likely and longer it takes for the participant to get up

Latane and Darley’s 1968 seizure study

1. cover

2. procedure

3. IV

4. DV

5. results

6. what effect does this demonstrate

1. half of\he students are asked to prepare a table about the parable of the good samaritan and the other half are asked to talk about possible seminary jobs post grad

2. Princeton seminary students

3. The student is told they actually need to give the speech in a different building. they are either late, have just enough time, or have no time pressure. the students are randomly assigned conditions.

   1. high time pressure, medium, and low.

   2. on the way to the other building there is a man sitting, slumped over, and groaning.

4. 1. priming [what they wrote about] 2. time pressure

5. results - the priming had no effect [the speech they prepared] but time pressure mattered.

   1. high - a small amount helped, medium less than half, over half helped

      1. the more time = the more willing to help

Good Samaritan study

1. cover

2. population

3. procedure

4. IV

5. results

• kids were brought into a lab with lots of toys

• half of the kids were allowed to play with the toys and half were told to wait

• the kids told to wait played more aggressively with the toys once they were allowed to play

Toy study - barker

1. 3-6yo kids

2. kids are either shown a video of a woman playing with the bobo doll aggressively - throwing, hitting with a hammer, kicking. Or they are shown a nonviolent video

   1. then he frustrates the kids, displaying toys that the kids are not allowed to played with

3. IV - aggressive video or non aggressive video

4. DV - the number of aggressive acts the kids demonstrate in general

5. overall the boys are more aggressive than the girls. the kids who watch the aggressive video acted more aggressively

6. social learning theory

   1. we learn through models

Bobo doll study

1. population

2. procedure

3. IV

4. DV

5. results

6. what is this called

1. kids alone on Halloween night tick or treating

2. research aides are stationed at houses in a neighborhood in Illinois

3. IV ask half the kids whats your name and where you live

4. then they leave the bowl of candy and say take one

5. DV - how much candy do the kids take

6. results - kids in groups and kids who were not asked their name/address took more candy

7. deindividualization

Halloween study

1. population

2. procedure

3. IV

4. results

5. what is this called

an act intered to help another person

prosocial behavior

The finding that the greater the number of by- standers who witness an emergency, the less likely any one of them is to help

bystander effect

the loosening of normal constraints on behavior when people can’t be identified

deindividualization