Transcribed Image Text:Part VI:
1. What does it tell us about what people think they do and think others do in
response to intrusion?
2. Do these results and the results of the other studies tell us about anything
else besides parking? Do people behave in similar ways in other places
besides parking lots? In what other kinds of situations might these results
help us understand human behavior?
1. What does it tell us about what people think they do and think others do in
response to intrusion?
2. Do these results and the results of the other studies tell us about anything
else besides parking? Do people behave in similar ways in other places
besides parking lots? In what other kinds of situations might these results
help us understand human behavior?
Transcribed Image Text:Part VI – The Final Word
“I was right!” Lisa crowed when Katlyn told her about the results. “I knew people took longer to leave when someone
else was waiting. Everyone knows that.”
“Maybe not everyone, Lisa,” Katelyn countered. “These researchers did one more study to see if people knew the effect
intruding cars have on people.”
Katelyn explained: “The researchers asked participants whether another driver would affect the time they took to
vacate their space. Participants made judgments on a scale from 1, “make the time shorter,” to 7, “make the time
longer,” with 4 in the middle as “no effect.”
“The researchers asked people to make the judgment for their own behavior and for others’ behavior and whether the
other car honked or not.”
“What did they find?” Lisa asked.
“Here’s the table of their findings,” Katelyn replied, pulling a sheet of paper from her bag.
Table 1. Mean ratings of own and others’ behavior
following low intrusion (no honking) or high intrusion
(honking) when leaving a parking space
Low intrusion High intrusion
1.87
2.83
Own behavior
Others’ behavior
Lisa studied the table for a few seconds. “What does this tell us?” she asked.
4.88
4.40
“I was right!” Lisa crowed when Katlyn told her about the results. “I knew people took longer to leave when someone
else was waiting. Everyone knows that.”
“Maybe not everyone, Lisa,” Katelyn countered. “These researchers did one more study to see if people knew the effect
intruding cars have on people.”
Katelyn explained: “The researchers asked participants whether another driver would affect the time they took to
vacate their space. Participants made judgments on a scale from 1, “make the time shorter,” to 7, “make the time
longer,” with 4 in the middle as “no effect.”
“The researchers asked people to make the judgment for their own behavior and for others’ behavior and whether the
other car honked or not.”
“What did they find?” Lisa asked.
“Here’s the table of their findings,” Katelyn replied, pulling a sheet of paper from her bag.
Table 1. Mean ratings of own and others’ behavior
following low intrusion (no honking) or high intrusion
(honking) when leaving a parking space
Low intrusion High intrusion
1.87
2.83
Own behavior
Others’ behavior
Lisa studied the table for a few seconds. “What does this tell us?” she asked.
4.88
4.40
