What were the results of the Piliavin study?
What were the results of the Piliavin study?
One of the surprising findings in this study was that there was no diffusion of responsibility. The size of the group made no difference to how much help a victim received. Piliavin et al.
What are the main conclusions of the Piliavin study?
Conclusions: Piliavin proposes the arousal: cost-reward model, a way of predicting the helping behaviour in emergency situations. Arousal is reduced by helping (directly/indirectly), leaving the scene of the emergency or rejecting the victim as undeserving of help.
What was the purpose of the Piliavin study?
The aim of this study was to investigate whether train passengers were more likely to help someone who appeared to be ill, rather than one who appeared to be drunk.
What research method was used in Piliavin?
field experiment
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.
What percentage of victims in the Piliavin study received spontaneous help?
The nature of the victim influenced levels of helping. The ill/cane victim received spontaneous help 95% of the time (62/65 trials) whereas the drunk victim was spontaneously helped 50% of the time (19/38 trials).
What was recorded by the female observers in the study by Piliavin et al?
During 103 victim trials, observers recorded number and race of participants (approximately 4,450 men and women travellers, approximately 45% black, 55% white), latency (time) to help, race and sex of helper, number of helpers, movement away from ‘critical area’ and comments made.
What did Baron Cohen conclude from the study?
Baron-Cohen concluded that adults with Autism have an impaired TOM compared to adults with Tourette’s or adults with no condition.
How long did the Piliavin study last?
The field experiment took place over two months. 2 students board the train, two girls (observers) and two boys (one victim, one model). The victim would wait until the train had left the station before collapsing.
Why is diffusion of responsibility not in Piliavin?
Diffusion of responsibility was found in laboratory studies because the participants were not face to face with the victim. It wasn’t found in Piliavin et als research because the staged collapse took place on train and people wee not able to simple walk past thinking that ‘someone else would help’.
What does the Reading the Mind in the eyes Test measure?
The ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ (Eyes) test is an advanced test of theory of mind. It is widely used to assess individual differences in social cognition and emotion recognition across different groups and cultures.
Why did Baron-Cohen develop a new test?
A new TOM task was devised by Baron-Cohen because existing TOM tests had ceiling effects. Baron-Cohen compared adults with either Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome, Tourette’s Syndrome, or no condition on their ability to identify emotion or mental states from photographs of eyes.