Lesson Element Piliavin et al (1969) Subway Samaritan Instructions and answers for teachers These instructions cover the student activity section which begins on 6 and which consists of six activity sheets. This lesson element supports OCR A Level Psychology. When distributing the activity section to the students either as a printed copy or as a Word file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section. Mapping to the specification Define key terminology Describe the background to the study Describe and evaluate the research conducted by Piliavin et al General teacher guidance Introduction Previous research of the reason why people had demonstrated that ‘diffusion responsibility’ could be choose not to help in an emergency situation - a theory proposed by Darley and Latané in an effort to explain the murder of Kitty Genovese. However, this research had been conducted in a laboratory setting, therefore Piliavin et al. aimed to investigate what factors affect helping in a real-life, natural environment. Piliavin et al. designed a field experiment, using covert observation to test several variables and their effect on helping behaviour. These included the responsibility of the victim (drunk/cane,) race of the victim, effect of modelling and effect of group size. They conducted the study on the New York subway, over several months, staging an accident in which a passenger (actor) collapsed. Results did not find evidence for diffusion of responsibility, but rather that people were making a rational decision to help based on the cost vs. reward heuristic.
Lesson Element Piliavin et al (1969) Subway Samaritan Instructions and answers for teachers These instructions cover the student activity section which begins on 6 and which consists of six activity sheets. This lesson element supports OCR A Level Psychology. When distributing the activity section to the students either as a printed copy or as a Word file you will need to remove the teacher instructions section. Mapping to the specification Define key terminology Describe the background to the study Describe and evaluate the research conducted by Piliavin et al General teacher guidance Introduction Previous research had demonstrated that ‘diffusion of responsibility’ could be the reason why people choose not to help in an emergency situation - a theory proposed by Darley and Latané in an effort to explain the murder of Kitty Genovese. However, this research had been conducted in a laboratory setting, therefore Piliavin et al. aimed to investigate what factors affect helping in a real-life, natural environment. Piliavin et al. designed a field experiment, using covert observation to test several variables and their effect on helping behaviour. These included the responsibility of the victim (drunk/cane,) race of the victim, effect of modelling and effect of group size. They conducted the study on the New York subway, over several months, staging an accident in which a passenger (actor) collapsed. Results did not find evidence for diffusion of responsibility, but rather that people were making a rational decision to help based on the cost vs. reward heuristic.
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