PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Dependent And Independent Variables, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Crass
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*they were either late for an appointment, on time, or early. *some were giving a talk on the good samaritan parable. Other were talking about job opportunities; personality measures were included. *they meet a neighbor on the way to their appointment. *subjects are either alone in a 3 person group or with 2 confederates. *as they fill-out a questionnaire the room begins to fill with smoke. *they can report the smoke the question is do they do it. *they sat waiting for an experiment to begin either alone, in pairs of strangers, with a. Lady in distress study confederate, or with a friend. *the experimenter goes to the back room to get materials and they hear a crash and then hear her moaning and crying for help. *they are in a study involving discussion of personal problems. one subject notes that he is an epileptic and his condition is quite serious.