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A-LevelPsychologySocial PsychologyFeb/Mar 2025Paper 1 Q84 Marks

Your friend, Aditi, has read a newspaper story about a person on a bus who collapsed but did not receive help from other bus passengers. The story did not contain any information about the characteristics of the victim. Aditi says that she cannot understand why the other passengers did not help the person who had collapsed. Suggest to Aditi why the other passengers did not help, using your knowledge of the study by Piliavin et al. (subway Samaritans).

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About This A-Level Psychology Question

Topic

This structured question tests Social Psychology in A-Level Psychology (syllabus code 9990). It is worth 4 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Psychology Feb/Mar 2025 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2.

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