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Running head: GENDER AND NUMBER OF BYSTANDERS Abstract This study was designed to look at the effects of gender and the number of bystanders on helping behavior. There were 128 participants in this study, compromising of students, faculty and also the general public in the area of Lexington, KY. The experiment was to drop pencils in an elevator when the correct number of bystanders were present to see who helped and who did not. The results …

…Shotland, R. L. (1983) What is wrong with helping behavior research? Only the independent and dependent variables. Academic Psychology Bulletin,5(2), 339-350 Tice, D. M., & Baumeister, R. F. (1985). Masculinity inhibits helping in emergencies: Personality does predict the bystander effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,49,420-428. Tables Table 1 Analyses of Variance: Number of Bystander and Help Received Number of bystanders M SD 1 bystander 1.55 .50 3 bystanders 1.53 .50 Table 2 Analyses of Variance: Gender and Help Received Gender M SD Female 1.46 .50 Male 1.63 .49