Lesson 2.1.2

2.1.2 Responses to people in need Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which core study in the social area investigated responses to people in need?

    • Piliavin et al.
    • Milgram
    • Bocchino
    • Levine et al.

  2. Where did the field experiment by Piliavin et al. take place?

    • Chicago bus
    • London underground
    • Paris metro
    • New York subway

  3. In what years was the Piliavin et al. subway study published?

    • 1959
    • 1973
    • 1963
    • 1969

  4. What experimental design was primarily used in the Piliavin et al. study?

    • Independent measures
    • Natural experiment
    • Repeated measures
    • Matched pairs

  5. Which theoretical model did Piliavin et al. propose to explain helping behaviour?

    • Social identity theory
    • Agency theory
    • Levels of processing
    • Cost-reward model

  6. What was the main independent variable manipulated regarding the victim's appearance?

    • Rich or poor
    • Old or young
    • Cane or drunk
    • Male or female

  7. Who helped more frequently in the Piliavin et al. subway study?

    • The female victim
    • The child victim
    • The drunk victim
    • The cane victim

  8. Which ethnic group was generally helped slightly more often in the subway study?

    • Cross-race victims
    • Same-race victims
    • Majority victims
    • Minority victims

  9. A passenger walks past a collapsed person on a busy train. Which concept explains this?

    • Diffusion of responsibility
    • Evaluation apprehension
    • Ethnocentrism
    • Social desirability

  10. An observer feels unpleasant physiological arousal at the sight of an accident. What is this?

    • Social facilitation
    • Empathic arousal
    • Sensory adaptation
    • Cognitive dissonance

  11. A bystander calculates that helping a bleeding victim risks disease. What cost is this?

    • Cost to self
    • Cost to victim
    • Reward of helping
    • Normative influence

  12. In Piliavin's study, what role did the model play if he intervened after 70 seconds?

    • Adjacent confederate
    • Critical model
    • Passive observer
    • Control participant

  13. Which sampling technique was used to obtain participants in the Piliavin et al. study?

    • Random sample
    • Self-selected sample
    • Opportunity sample
    • Stratified sample

  14. What quantitative data was collected regarding the speed of helping?

    • Seconds to help
    • Heart rate
    • Distance walked
    • Blood pressure

  15. What key ethical guideline was inevitably broken during the Piliavin et al. field experiment?

    • Right to withdraw
    • Data confidentiality
    • Protection from harm
    • Informed consent

  16. Why might a bystander fail to help if they believe the victim is responsible for their state?

    • Pluralistic ignorance
    • Perceived culpability
    • Audience inhibition
    • Social loafing

  17. What was a consequence of the subway carriage being a closed environment?

    • No escape route
    • High anonymity
    • Low population density
    • Instant police presence

  18. Which demographic group constituted the vast majority of spontaneous helpers in the cane condition?

    • Men
    • Elderly
    • Children
    • Women

  19. Which specific New York City subway subway line was used for the Piliavin et al. study?

    • Eighth Avenue Line
    • Seventh Avenue Line
    • Lexington Avenue Line
    • Broadway Line

  20. What percentage of spontaneous help came from female passengers when the victim was drunk?

    • Ten percent
    • Twenty percent
    • Thirty percent
    • Zero percent

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