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The Journal of Psychology
Interdisciplinary and Applied
Volume 97, 1977 - Issue 2
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Status Symbols and Prosocial Behavior: The Effect of the Victim's Car on Helping

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Pages 271-273 | Received 14 Sep 1977, Published online: 02 Jul 2010
 

Summary

The results of studies of the effects of status on helping have varied when automobiles have been used to denote status. The present study (N = 60 men and women passersby) showed that a female victim was more likely to receive help when she was associated with a high status car than when she was associated with a low status one. This finding was due mainly to the responses of male rather than female Ss.

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