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Boston Street Observation

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The purpose of this study is to observe people 's prosocial behaviors on UMASS Boston Campus and on the streets. The participants will be 4 people of different ages while I am on campus. I would observe how people would react to others when the trip and everything in the hands falls to the ground. I will look at how they would respond by looking and walking away, deciding not to help them, did not notice what was going on or stop to help them pick up their stuff. When I am on the streets I will observe different people from ages of how they would react to the victims of the bystanders. I would observe how people would react to people of different ages from children to elderly. I would study the reaction of how teenagers react to teenagers, adults
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