A fascinating dimension of the bystander effect is the diffusion of responsibility. The general hypothesis that has been tested is: As the number of bystanders increases‚ it is less likely that any one onlooker will help (Darley and Latane‚ 1968). Social influence adds to this idea. Passive social influence from bystanders acts on the diffusion of responsibility and maximizes the bystander effect. Although pro-social behavior can be learned‚ because of social restraint exhibition of pro-social behavior
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Stroop Effect 4/12/2011 CAL STATE FULLERTON Abstract This research is designed to study attention and automatic processing of the brain by replicating the Stroop effect experiments that was conducted before. The participants included 12 female and 6 male students from Cal State Fullerton. Coglab‚ a virtual lab‚ was used to conduct the experiment. On each trial they were shown a word (RED‚ GREEN
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Attention : The effects of automatic and controlled processing Abstract The theory of attention was focused on within the experiment‚ using a modified version of the Stroop effect. The stroop effect suggests that automatic and controlled processing can conflict with each other making it difficult to focus on a particular task. Participants were asked to look at two sets of stimuli which contained words written in coloured ink‚ colour related words and neutral words. Participants were asked
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pedestrians walk past the suffering man in such a location‚ they would lose their individual responsibility and tend to think that others present would take action. Hence‚ this social psychological phenomenon could be referred to as the bystander effect. Bystander effect was confirmed after the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. Kitty was raped and stabbed to death in two different attacks as she was on the way back home from her work. According to several media accounts‚ the assault lasted for nearly an hour
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An Experiment to Investigate Stroop Effect Student name: Kristijan Kristic Candidate number: 1466-008 Type of Study: Experiment Subject and Level: Psychology SL Date of Submission: 14th December 2010 Word count: 1498 Table of contents ABSTRACT 2 INTRODUCTION 3-4 METHOD: Design 5 METHOD: Participants 5 METHOD: Materials 6 METHOD: Procedure 6 RESULTS 7-8 DISCUSSION 9-10 REFERENCE 11 APPENDIX I- Consent form
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why not? Since the beginning of the twentieth century‚ IQ scores around the world have been increasing at a rate of around three points per decade‚ leaving intelligence researchers puzzling over whether historical gains in IQ—known as the “Flynn effect”—reflect an increase in general intelligence or something else‚ be it better education‚ better nutrition or even bigger brains. A new paper published in the journal Learning and Individual Differences (2014) may have the answer: We’re getting better
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were made and slumped when the study was concluded. It was suggested that the productivity gain occurred due to the impact of the motivational effect on the workers as a result of the interest being shown in them. This effect was observed for minute increases in illumination. In these lighting studies‚ light intensity was altered to examine its effect on worker productivity. Most industrial/occupational psychology and organizational behavior textbooks refer to the illumination studies[citation
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Theatre‚ with his Epic Theatre. We narrowed our discussion to the most important part of Epic Theatre: Brecht’s alienation effect (also known as the distancing effect). Today‚ we’ll expand our understanding of the alienation effect with some new ideas and examples. We’ll also explore the idea of a double (or a split-self). We focused on how Brecht achieved his alienation effect in these ways: #1: MASKS to create intellectual distance from characters (instead of emotional connection with them.)
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The Flynn effect is named after intelligence researcher James Flynn‚ an emeritus professor of the University of Otago in New Zealand. According to James Flynn‚ over the course of the last century‚ people who have taken IQ tests have gotten increasingly better scores – on average‚ three points better for every decade that has passed. Flynn knew that intelligence is partly inherited from our parents and partly the result of our environment and experiences‚ but improvement in test scores was happening
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The Mozart Effect Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major‚ a piece that tells of grandeur and playfulness‚ camaraderie and love. The dueling pianos play in and out of cadences bringing the listener to the time of Mozart; with Victorian gowns‚ men in wigs and food and games through an evening of gossip‚ laughter‚ and flirtatious behaviors. As humans‚ we are always looking for ways to improve out intelligence‚ even if for a small period of time. Music genius‚ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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