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Piliavin's hypothesis

1) More help given to same race than different


2) More help given to ill victim than drunk

What was examined in Piliavin

1) Relationship between size of groups


2) Frequency


3) Latency



Piliavin setting

NY subway car


Harlem to Bronx


11am - 3 pm


April - June 1968

Piliavin - Type of experiment

Field Experiment. Using participant observation



Average racial composition in subway car in Piliavin

45% black


55% white

Average number of people per compartment in Piliavin

43

Groups in Piliavin

4 groups of 4 experimenters (2 m 2 f)


Victims were 3 white and 1 black (26-35 y.o) (38 conditions were drunk, 65 were ill)


Females recorded details.


After 70 seconds, victim fell. Model (male) helped him if no one else did.



Model Conditions/Details in Piliavin

4 white males


1) Critical Area - early (70s)


2) " " - late (150s)


3) Adjacent Area - early


4) " " - late









Results in Piliavin











1) Cane victim received spontaneous help 95%


2) Drunk victim 50%


3) No difference in race


4) 64% of helpers were white

Conclusions in Piliavin

1) Ill received more help than drunk


2) Male more likely to help


3) Slight tendency for same-race helping when drunk


4) No diffusion of responsibility



Main Aim in Zimbardo

To test the dispositional theory


(bad environment due to nature of prisoners and administrators)



Setting/Appartus in Zimbardo

Police Car, Police, Police Station - for the arrest




Prison was constructed in the basement of the psychology department at Stanford University




Prison consisted of ' the yard '(the corridor), ' hole ' (small cupboard for solitary confinement) and cells (6 x 9 feet with bars)

IV and DV in Zimbardo

IV- The role of the guard / prisoner


DV - Resulting behaviour

Participants in Zimbardo

1) 24 / 75 who answered to a newspaper advertisement which offered $15 (self -selecting volunteer sample)


2) completed tests to ensure no criminal history or mental problems


3) 9 guards and 9 prisoners . 3 standbys (1 guard / 2 prisoners)



Uniforms Of Participants in Zimbardo

Guards - Khaki, night-stick, whistle around neck, sun glasses




Prisoners - muslin smock with ID number on back and front, ankle chain and stocking cap

The Arrest in Zimbardo

1) Sunday morning


2) Police car went around California arresting students


3) Each student was arrested at home, charged, read his legal rights and spread-eagled against a police car, searched and handcuffed


4) In front of public

Prisoner #8612 in Zimbardo

Released after first day due to acute emotional disturbance, disorganised thinking and uncontrollable crying.

Guards After 5th Day in Zimbardo

Conformed to role.


Wanted to come in when off

Mental State of Prisoners

Rapidly going downhill


One psychometric rash


4 broke down into tears

The end in Zimbardo

Ended on 6th day rather than 2 weeks



Conclusions

Dispositional hypothesis incorrect.


People conformed to desired role

Method of Research in Bandura

Lab experiment with controlled observation

Hypothesis In Bandura

1) behaviour will be imitated if observed


2) Children will imitate the same-sex model more


3) Boys will present more aggression

Variables in Bandura

IV - Aggressive/Non-aggressive/ control groups


- Sex of model


- Sex of children


DV -Number of behaviours out of 240

Experimental Design in Bandura

Matched Pairs due to levels of aggression being tested with children

Participants in Bandura

36 boys and girls aged 37-69 months from Stanford Uni nursery


Opportunistic sampls

Procedure in Bandura

Children shown to 3 rooms.


Room 1 - 'settle in' and saw model (bobo doll and mallet


Room 2 - Presented frustration aggression


Room 3 - Testing room




Observed through 1 way mirror

Data in Bandura

Quantitative


Categories were (imitative physical aggression, imitative verbal aggression, partial imitation

Results in Bandura

1) Children with aggressive model reacted more aggressively


2) Boys presented more aggression


3) Boys presented more aggression with male model


4) Girls presented more verbal aggression with female model but more physical with male

Conclusion in Bandura

Behaviour observed is likely to be imiated

Hypothesis in Freud

To test the Oedipus Complex

Evidence for Oedipus Complex

1) highly interested in 'widdler'


2) High curiosity for other people's 'widdler'


3) Mother threatening when playing with 'widdler'


4) Powdering incident


5) giraffe dream



Hans's Phobia of Horses

1) Due to fear of catration


2) wanted father to fall (like horse)


3) black horse reminded him of father, white of Dr A



Method in Nelson

Field Experiment

Hypothesis in Nelson

Young children do not take into account both motive and outcome when considering morales

Variables in Nelson

IV - Age (3-4, 6-8)


- variation of motive and outcome


- mode of presentation ( verbal, motive implict and explicit)



DV - judgement on a 7 point scale

Design in Nelson

Independent groups



Participants in Nelson

60 nursery students from schools around Chicago Uni


3-4 and 6-8 y.o


Parents gave consent


50% boys and 50% girls


Mostly white and middle class

Results (mean ratings) in Nelson

GG - 6.6 and 6.2


GB - 2.2 and 3.5


BG - 4.2 and 4.5


BB - 1.6 and 1.6

Results (description) Nelson

When motive-explicit, bad/good outcomes had greater effect


3-4 y.o, 50% rated badly with one mention of 'bad'


28% based on motive

Conclusion in Nelson

Any negative cue led to negative judgement