A web site full of stuff that should be useful
| AS Psychology |
| Core Studies |
| Links |
| Course Content |
| Exam Questions |
| Psychological Investigation |
| Themes and Perspectives |
| Glossary |
| About this site |
|
|
Piliavin
(Subway Samaritans)
| Past exam short questions |
|
1 |
According
to Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin diffusion
of responsibility has been demonstrated in the laboratory
studies on helping behaviour. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
What
is meant by the term diffusion of responsibility? |
[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Why
did it not occur in Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin’s study on
“subway Samaritans”? |
[2] |
|
|
1996 |
|
|
2 |
In
the subway Samaritan study (by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin),
outline two difficulties
that the researchers experienced when carrying out the experiment. |
[4] |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 (a) |
According
to the model of response to emergencies proposed by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin,
what are the two factors
that influence a person’s decision to help or not? |
[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Give
an example of the results from the study and explain it in terms of
the two factors. |
|
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
In
the subway Samaritan study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin, the
researchers made observations of behaviour inside a railway
carriage. Identify
two practical or
methodological problems with conducting these observations |
|
|
|
1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 (a) |
Piliavin’s
study refers to “diffusion of responsibility”.
What does this term mean? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
What
did the study show us about diffusion of responsibility? |
[2] |
|
|
Sample 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 (a) |
In
the Subway Samaritan Study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin, some of
the researchers acted as victims and some as models.
Identify one of the model conditions. |
[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Outline
one conclusion that was drawn from the model conditions |
|
|
|
January 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
Piliavin,
Rodin and Piliavin’s subway Samaritan study was a field study.
Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of
conducting field studies and relate them to this study |
|
|
|
January 2002 |
|
|
|
The
study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin (subway samaritans) took
social psychology out of the laboratory and into the field. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Give one
reason why diffusion of responsibility was found in laboratory
studies but not in the Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin field study.
|
[2] |
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
Suggest one
problem with conducting social psychological research in a
laboratory. |
[2] |
|
|
May
2002 |
|
| 9 |
All studies in psychology raise ethical
issues.
Outline two ethical issues raised in the study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin (subway Samaritanism). |
[4] |
|
January 2003
|
||
| 10 | Outline one ethical and one practical problem that occurred in the conducting of the subway Samaritan study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin. |
[4] |
|
May 2003
|
||
| 11 | Give one finding from the subway Samaritan study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin. | [2] |
|
January 2004 |
||
|
12 |
In the subway Samaritan study, Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin proposed an arousal/cost-reward model. From this model, give two ways of reducing arousal in the subway emergency. |
|
|
May 2004 |
||
| 14 |
(a) Outline how one ethical
guideline was broken by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin in their subway
study. (b) Outline one way in which the ethical guidelines were upheld by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin in the same study. |
[2]
[2] |
|
May 2005 |
||
| 15 | Give one reason for the lack of diffusion of responsibility found in the subway study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin. |
[2] |
|
January 2006 |
||
| 16 |
(a) From the subway Samaritan study by Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin,
briefly describe one quantitative measure recorded by the observers. (b) Outline one limitation of the quantitative data in this study. |
[2]
|
|
May 2006 |
||
| 17 | Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin used observations in their study on subway Samaritans. Outline one strength and one weakness of using observations in this study. |
[4] |
|
January 2007 |
||