Levine et al.'s Study in Cross-Cultural Helping Behaviour

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How many countries were used?
23
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How was Population Size measured?
Using the UN Demographic Year Book
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How was Economic Prosperity Measured?
PPP
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How was pace of life measured?
Average walking speed over 60 feet
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How were cultural values measured?
Were rated by 6 cross-culture psychologists from 1 (very collectivist) to 10 (very individualist)
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What is simpatia?
Countries where being seen as helpful reflects well on yourself and family
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Which countries were simpatia?
Spanish and Latin American Countries
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How were countries selected?
Whichever countries the experimenters had links to
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How was the city used determined?
A large city was used
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What happened in the study?
The second person to cross a certain point would trigger the experimenter to complete the designated behaviour. It would then be noted down if the person tried to help
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What was the experimental method?
Field Experiment
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What was the experimental design?
Independent measures
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What data was collected?
Quantitative
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What was the mean rate of helping for simpatia countries?
82.87
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What was the mean rate of helping for non-simpatia countries?
65.87
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What was the value of the greatest correlation?
-0.43
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