Levine

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To examine the tendency of people in the largest cities of each 23 countries to help a stranger in a non-emergency situations

Question 2

How many cities

Answer 2

23

Question 3

How many participants

Answer 3

1198

Question 4

Who was excluded from study

Answer 4

Children
Visible physical disabilities
Older people

Question 5

What kind of experiment

Answer 5

Quasi

Question 6

What gender were experimenters

Answer 6

Male

Question 7

3 non emergency situations

Answer 7

Dropped pen
Hurt leg
Blind person crossing road

Question 8

How was helping scored

Answer 8

Scored as helping if they chose to intervene in any way- e.g. Telling person they dropped pen or telling blind person when it was okay to cross

Question 9

What community variables were assessed?

Answer 9

Economic prosperity
Population size
Cultural values
Pace of life ( measured by average walking speed)

Question 10

Which country was most

likely to help

Answer 10

Rio de Janeiro

Question 11

Which city least likely to help

Answer 11

Kuala Lumpur

Question 12

What percentage helped in Rio de Janeiro

Answer 12

93.99%

Question 13

What percentage helped in Kuala Lumpur

Answer 13

40.33%

Question 14

What was the difference in simpatia countries

Answer 14

Simpatia more helpful mean rate 82.87%

Question 15

Conclusion

Answer 15

Poorer cities higher rates of helping

Helping behaviour not universal, varies between cities