My hypothesis was that people would help more attractive people than those who were dressed grungier. I dressed in nice clothes on day and walked through the sub throughout the day. I dropped my papers by a table that was men and women; I repeated this 10 time to different tables. I recorded how many times I was helped. A day later I dressed grungy and performed the same task. I recorded how many times I was helped. The results are below.
The results are:
When Nicely dressed: I was helped 8/10 times
When Poorly dressed: I was helped 3/10 times
I tried to insert a chart, but it will not allow it.
Discussion:
The results matched my hypothesis of which was that more attractive people (being dressed nice) would be helped more than poorly dressed people. This is similar to the studies that I read about which discusses how people are hesitant to help those who do not look like they have money, dressed well, or nice. People judge people based on their looks, every one does it whether they mean to or not. People were nicer to me when I was better dressed. People tried to ignore me when I looked grungy, they really wanted nothing to do with me. Some helped out of pity almost. When I was nicer dressed people started conversations with me when they helped me. When I looked grungy, if I was helped, people just helped me pick up the papers but didn't say much. I am glad that my results proved my hypothesis, but I wish people would help others no matter what they look like.
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