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The Textbook Describes an Experiment by Darley and Batson (1973)that

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The textbook describes an experiment by Darley and Batson (1973) that looked at willingness to help in seminary students.In one condition, participants were made to hurry from one building to another by being told that they were late for the experiment.In the other condition, participants were only told to go over to another building in order to start the experiment.Both groups encountered a person lying on the ground on their way to the other building.The experimenter observed the participants from both groups and counted the number of people who stopped to check on the person lying on the ground.It was found that the participants who were in a hurry stopped much less frequently than the participants who were not in a hurry.In this experiment, what was the independent variable?

Understand the importance of genetic diversity in species conservation.

Recognize the implications of climate change for marine ecosystems and acidification on marine life.

Realize the importance of coupled human-natural systems for biodiversity conservation.

Understand the concept and significance of ecological corridors and habitat connectivity.

Definitions:

Primacy Effect

A psychological phenomenon where the first pieces of information presented are better remembered than information presented later.

Halo Effect

The tendency to assume that a person has generally positive or negative traits as a result of observing one major positive or negative trait.

Fundamental Attribution Errors

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of situational factors.

Situational Attribution

Attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor operating within the situation; an external attribution.