Psychology 110

Neil Lutsky, Carleton College:

Helping Behavior Predictions


1. Assume you came upon a person leaning against the tree and moaning as in the slide
sequence you just viewed. Do you believe you would stop and help the person?

Yes____ No____

 

2. Place an X on the following scale to indicate how likely you would be to stop and help
the person.

 

0%-----10%-----20%-----30%-----40%-----50%-----60%-----70%-----80%-----90%-----100%

3. If a representative set of Carleton College students individually came upon a person
leaning against the tree and moaning as in the slide sequence you just viewed, what
percentage of them would you expect to stop and help the person?

____ % Help

 

4. Place an X on the following scale to indicate how likely the average Carleton student
would be to stop and help the person.

 

0%-----10%-----20%-----30%-----40%-----50%-----60%-----70%-----80%-----90%-----100%

5. What percentages of males and females would you expect to stop and help the person?

____ % Males Help ____ % Females Help

 

6. Assume someone did not stop and help the person. Please work with the student aside
of you and list two likely reasons why the person who did not stop might have behaved
in that way.

a.

 

b.