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Why this study mattered

Why this study mattered

Top-down and side-view subway carriage showing the victim collapsed near the doors, observers seated nearby, a model/helper further away, and the sequence from departure to collapse to intervention Piliavin et al. asked what makes strangers help when someone suddenly collapses in public. Instead of a lab task, the researchers staged an emergency on a real New York subway train.

Piliavin et al. (1969): Subway Samaritan Lesson

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