What is bystanderism?
Not helping someone who needs help.
Bickman and Bushman both used what factor to gain compliance with requests to act in a prosocial way? (Starts with an A...)
Authority
Darley and Latane conducted two famous experiments on bystanderism. One was the smoky room experiment, what was the other?
The participant seizure experiment.
What was studied in the Milgram experiment ?
Compliance
What were the two possible explanations L&P gave for their results in the first experiment (smashed had higher speed estimates than other verbs).
#1) Participants weren't sure and so the leading question directed them towards an answer, or #2) the leading question actually resulted in a false memory.
In what city was Kitty Genovese murdered?
New York City
How did Cialdini get more people to re-use their towels in the hotel field experiment?
They changed the wording on the cards to tell people that others staying in the hotel also re-used their towels.
What % of participants in the smoky room experiment sought help after six minutes when a) alone, b) three participants, c) 1 x participant with 2 x passive confederates
a) 75%, b) 38% c) 10%
How do the results of Bridgeman's study show the the jigsaw classroom could promote pro-social behavior?
It shows kids in jigsaw style classrooms are better at perspective taking, which could increase their empathy, which could make them more likely to help others.
Levine et al. conducted two cross-cultural studies - one only on cities in the USA (1994) and another on cities around the world (2001). How many cities were in study #1 and countries in study #2?
USA cities = 36, Countries = 23
What did Mr. Burns do before becoming a teacher ?
He was General Manager of F. W. Webb Co. (a wholesale distribution company)