Still, if they chose not to or were unable to donate money, this was considered “non-helping behavior.” Participants that did choose to donate money were considered to have exhibited “helping behavior.” Regardless of whether participants opted to donate money or not, we made sure to thank them for their time and/or contribution. It is crucial to note that the entirety of the proceeds that we collected, which totaled $7.22, was donated to the American Cancer Society following the conclusion of the experiment. We performed the first half of the experiment under the first condition, in which both my partner and I wore bright, white clothing when asking if participants were interested in donating to the American Cancer Society. Once we had obtained responses from ten random individuals under that first condition, we changed our clothing so that we were dressed in only black, and repeated the aforementioned procedure under this second
Still, if they chose not to or were unable to donate money, this was considered “non-helping behavior.” Participants that did choose to donate money were considered to have exhibited “helping behavior.” Regardless of whether participants opted to donate money or not, we made sure to thank them for their time and/or contribution. It is crucial to note that the entirety of the proceeds that we collected, which totaled $7.22, was donated to the American Cancer Society following the conclusion of the experiment. We performed the first half of the experiment under the first condition, in which both my partner and I wore bright, white clothing when asking if participants were interested in donating to the American Cancer Society. Once we had obtained responses from ten random individuals under that first condition, we changed our clothing so that we were dressed in only black, and repeated the aforementioned procedure under this second