“What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good” (Aristotle, n.d.). This quote epitomizes the meaning why people enjoy helping others. One specific type of helping others is volunteering. In 2014, 62.8 million people volunteered in the United States (United States Department of Labor, 2015); with religious, educational or youth service organizations, and social or community service organizations topping the list. For universities, volunteers are an essential part of the research process. For example, psychological research volunteers are instrumental in examining the fundamental characteristics of perception, cognition, and emotion (California State University, San Bernardino, 2015). What is important to note however, is that an
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To examine this relationship, Capra and Dittes (1962) solicited male (N=100) freshmen attending Yale University to participate in a group study; which was really a study of birth-order bias. The results indicated that 36% of those who agreed to participate were first-born and 18% were later-born. The implications of these findings suggest that the appeal of guaranteed interaction in a small group study is more likely to attract …show more content…
The review of existing literature included their own unpublished experiment conducted several years earlier, which included male (N=103) and female (N=160) college students who were invited to participate in psychological experiments. Each participant was given 5 booklets which queried about sex, cigarettes, coffee, and birth order, and included a fictitious story describing the day in the life of a fictional character; where they were to rate in terms of characteristics. The results determined that…“ Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) concluded that “The act of volunteering was viewed as a non-random event, determined in part by more general situational variables and in part by more specific personal attributes of the participation as subject in behavioral research” (p. 110). Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) also concluded that birth order and social influence play a vital role in influencing volunteering. The significance of Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) to the current report brings into context that situational factors may indeed influence one to volunteer or
To examine this relationship, Capra and Dittes (1962) solicited male (N=100) freshmen attending Yale University to participate in a group study; which was really a study of birth-order bias. The results indicated that 36% of those who agreed to participate were first-born and 18% were later-born. The implications of these findings suggest that the appeal of guaranteed interaction in a small group study is more likely to attract …show more content…
The review of existing literature included their own unpublished experiment conducted several years earlier, which included male (N=103) and female (N=160) college students who were invited to participate in psychological experiments. Each participant was given 5 booklets which queried about sex, cigarettes, coffee, and birth order, and included a fictitious story describing the day in the life of a fictional character; where they were to rate in terms of characteristics. The results determined that…“ Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) concluded that “The act of volunteering was viewed as a non-random event, determined in part by more general situational variables and in part by more specific personal attributes of the participation as subject in behavioral research” (p. 110). Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) also concluded that birth order and social influence play a vital role in influencing volunteering. The significance of Rosenthal and Rosnow (1975) to the current report brings into context that situational factors may indeed influence one to volunteer or