If you were walking through the Union and noticed a girl drop an envelope as you walked by, and were then asked questions about your year in school and hometown size last spring then you were part of a “helping behaviors” research study. Social Sciences Research Group (SSRG) is an organization on campus that teaches students research through experience. The “helping behaviors” study was conducted by several students including myself, to test whether students would help out a fellow student by picking up the envelope or letting her know she dropped it. We also asked year in school and hometown size, and noted their gender to use as variables in the experiment. Although no significance was found, it was good to see that most of the students helped regardless of gender, hometown size, or year in school.
Pictured above is our group after we recieved 1st place in our research presentation category at the 2010 Great Plains Undergraduate Psychology Conference.
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