TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Places for help: micro-level variation in helping behavior toward a stranger
JO  - Psychological reports
A1  - Lamy, Lubomir
A1  - Fischer-Lokou, Jacques
A1  - Gueguen, Nicolas
SP  - 242
EP  - 248
VL  - 116
IS  - 1
N2  - A field experiment was conducted to explore whether certain urban places have an influence on helpfulness. Places semantically associated with the idea of love may act as primes and trigger increased helpfulness. Passersby (96 men, 96 women) happened upon a female confederate with a "leg injury" who inadvertently dropped personal items. The experiment took place in a common street or near a hospital entrance, a Catholic church, or a flower shop. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that helpfulness increased near a hospital or flower shop. These results are explained in light of automatic activation of normative behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2941
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/21.PR0.116k14w6
ID  - ref1
ER  -