作者：Francesca Davis 6 年以前
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Levine
Research explored the willingness of individuals to assist strangers in various situations across different cultures. The study used three scenarios: a blind person needing help at a curb, an individual with a visible leg injury dropping magazines, and a confederate dropping a pen.
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Floating topic Levine Conclusions Overall levels of helping across cultures
are inversely related to a country's
economic productivity Analysis of the results There was no significant difference in males and
females in levels of helping behaviour There was a consistency of behaviour across the three catagories. Overrall helping rate ranged from a high of 93% in Rio De Janiro (Brazil), to a low of 40% in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Method Blind person C was dressed in dark glasses with
a cane. Just before the light turned green,
they would walk up to the crub and wait for
someone to help. Hurt leg C would have a heavy limp and clearly visible
leg brace, would drop a pile of magazines 20ft
away from pedestrian. 253 men and 240 women
helped. Dropped Pen Confederate was 10-15ft away frm ps.
C would "accidentally" drop his pen behind hiim
214 men and 210 women approached. Aims To identify characteristics of communities that are more or less likely to help strangers To see if helping strangers varied across cultures To see if tendency to offer non-emergency help
to strangers was the same in different situatons where people needed help
