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    An experiment was conducted in Guayaquil, Ecuador to test whether citizens would help lost children asking for assistance. Two children, ages 6 and 7, approached people on the street claiming to be lost and asking for help finding their mother. Of the 25 people approached, 18 (72%) stopped to help the children, while 7 (28%) ignored them. The results supported the hypothesis that Guayaquil citizens would show empathy toward lost children in need of assistance.

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    An experiment was conducted in Guayaquil, Ecuador to test whether citizens would help lost children asking for assistance. Two children, ages 6 and 7, approached people on the street claiming to be lost and asking for help finding their mother. Of the 25 people approached, 18 (72%) stopped to help the children, while 7 (28%) ignored them. The results supported the hypothesis that Guayaquil citizens would show empathy toward lost children in need of assistance.

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    An experiment was conducted in Guayaquil, Ecuador to test whether citizens would help lost children asking for assistance. Two children, ages 6 and 7, approached people on the street claiming to be lost and asking for help finding their mother. Of the 25 people approached, 18 (72%) stopped to help the children, while 7 (28%) ignored them. The results supported the hypothesis that Guayaquil citizens would show empathy toward lost children in need of assistance.

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    Apathy Experiment: Introduction To Psychology

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    Apathy Experiment

    Introduction to Psychology

    Authors:
    Ivanna Arce
    Rodrigo Bayas
    Elio Bruno
    Myrka Castillo
    Gianfranco Magnalardo


    April 2014
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    Introduction
    Many countries around the world tend to have different culture contexts that affect
    people in their behavior and how they would react to different situations. People,
    especially from third world countries face more constantly more people in need for
    help. One example is found in Ecuador where are seen children asking money in
    the streets and a more informal commerce, especially in the largest cities such as
    Guayaquil. Following this situation, the question that arises is how many people
    would tend to help a little kid when he or she requires for help?
    This Psychology experiment was about two lost child who asked for help to adults
    to find their mother. The objective was to know how many people care about these
    kids and how many just ignore them for make a percentage of people apathy in
    Guayaquil.

    Hypothesis
    Citizens of Guayaquil, tend to be empathic to lost kids requiring help.

    Materials
    Two little kids participated in the experiment, including a boy who was six years old
    and a girl of seven years old. In order to accomplish this project it was used three
    video cameras, two cellphones and a Samsung camcorder to collect information
    about the subjects. An audio recorder, which was hidden in the kids clothes, was
    used to obtain audio information during the experiment. The subjects of the
    experiment included 25 people above 18 years old.
    The video presentation was created with the use of a PC with software including
    Adobe Premier, employed in the editing process of the project.

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    Methodology
    The methodology used consisted in two children, a boy of six years old and a girl
    aged of seven years old that claimed to people that they are lost. As people were
    passing by, the kids would approach them asking for help. If the person did not
    care for them, the children kept standing and asking for help to others, until
    someone would notice and care about them. We waited a minute to approach the
    people and explained that it was an experiment.

    Results


    The results show that 72%, which stands for 18 out of 25 persons, showed concern
    for children; meanwhile 28% ignored them completely. Most people were
    concerned about children being small and helpless.

    Conclusion
    As it was shown in the results section, it was proved that most people tend to help
    28%
    72%
    People Percentage
    People who didn't care
    People who cared
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    lost kids, showing sign of empathy towards them. 18 out of 25 of the tested
    subjects helped the kids, employed in the experiment, to find their strayed
    "mother". The results are positive in proving the hypothesis of this experiment,
    claiming that citizens of Guayaquil are open to help kids when they require for help.
    The kids employed in the situation were portraying a dangerous situation to
    themselves, which was being lost at a crowded place. Being lost from their mother
    represents a situation that creates anxiety to kids, but also put them in a dangerous
    situation as strangers could manipulate kids easily. At this situation, people tend to
    help the strayed children to find the lost mom they were looking for, being empathic
    in the process and worried for them.
    Other questions emerged in the experiment. Would the hypothesis be proved
    correct if it were used older kids or adults requiring for help? However through the
    study of this experiment, it can be said that people would tend to help kids when
    these are exposed to any danger. Another experiment can be made in the future in
    which it can be created a fictitious hostile or dangerous situation toward an older
    person rather than the kids of the experiment, in order to know at which point or
    age, people would stop assisting them at moments in which they need it.

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