In Piliavin et al.’s (1969) subway Samaritan study, diffusion of responsibility was not observed, and victims received high levels of spontaneous help.
Explain how the cost-benefit model can be used to account for these high levels of helping behaviour.
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.