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Question 13

In their study on subway helping behaviour, Piliavin et al. (1969) manipulated whether the victim appeared to be ill (carrying a cane) or drunk (smelling of alcohol and carrying a bottle in a paper bag).

Describe two findings from this study regarding how the victim's condition affected the helping behaviour they received.

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Responses to people in need Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Responses to people in need

105 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Responses to people in need, covering Piliavin et al. (1969): Subway Samaritan and Levine et al. (2001): Cross-cultural altruism. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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