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On the Piliavin & Piliavin Model of Helping Behavior: Costs Are in the Eye of the Beholder
Author(s) -
Clark Russell D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1976.tb02408.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , helping behavior , field (mathematics) , mathematics , pure mathematics
Two field experiments tested the Piliavin and Piliavin cost‐reward model of helping. The model predicts that the most helping should occur when the costs for helping are low and when the costs for not helping are high. The results of Experiment 1 provided partial support for this prediction, and the results of Experiment 2 were completely consistent with the model.