Effects of Attractiveness and Nature of Request on Helping Behavior

Autor: Mike Cunningham, Jeff Hohl, Joshua Quinones, Ralph Juhnke, Edward Smith, Kris Vickery, Bernie Barmann
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: The Journal of Social Psychology. 127:317-322
ISSN: 1940-1183
0022-4545
DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1987.9713710
Popis: The effects of American college students' appearances and the nature of their requests for assistance were investigated in a field experiment. Well- and poorly dressed students asked directions from randomly chosen passersby to either higher-status (a tennis club) or lower-status (a thrift shop) locations. Results indicated that the greatest assistance, measured as the amount of time spent by subjects giving directions, was given to poorly dressed students who asked directions to the lower-status location.
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