HONESTY VS. TEMPTATION

Title: HONESTY VS. TEMPTATION

Done by: Juliana - 0809449Eileen Goh - 0826242Xu Jing - 0853505Ching Hui Kheng - 0865447Georgina Tan Xuan En - 0835925Wang Zihan - 0853493Natalie Tan Jia Hui - 0835839Lu Jiamin Ivy - 0809931Tan Guan Kai - 0825238

Aim of Research
The aim of this study is to investigate the variation between honesty and temptation.Main

Research Question
How will a person react when a fellow peer drop his/her wallet?

Scenarios may include the person walking and talking at the same time and dropping her wallet without her realising.

Sub Research Questions(1)

What are the environmental factors that cause the person to pick up/ not pick up the wallet?

(2) What will a person do if he or she picks up the wallet?

(3) What are the situations that the person pick up/not pick up the waller?

(4) How will the people around the subject react?

(5) What are the kinds of people who help or do not help?

Data Collection Methods
Our social experiment was conducted on the 6th January 2009 from 0830 to 0910. It was conducted at 2 places which are FoodCourt 4 and MRT Station respectively.

The forms of data collection for the research are as below:
(a) Respective roles are given to each group members ; such as 3 actors, 2 cameramen, 2 interviewer and 2 observer.
(b) Every person whom we manage to caught hold of were asked the same set of interview questions.
(c) Two of our members have given their observation during the exercise.

Analysis

Subresearch Question 1
(1) What are the environmental factors that cause the person to pick up/ not pick up the wallet?Whether the place is crowded or non-crowded, it does not affect whether the person picks up or does not pick up the wallet. It depends on whether did the person see or notice the wallet.

Subresearch Question 2
(2) What will a person do if he or she picks up the wallet?
They will return the wallet to the rightful owner.

Subresearch Question 3
(3) What are the situations that the person pick up/not pick up the waller?
The person will pick up the wallet depending on whether he/she saw or notice the wallet.

Subresearch Question 4
(4) How will the people around the subject react?
Most people around the subject did not pick up the wallet if they are a distance away from the suject. Most people see us in a weird manner as they know what we are doing. Some may even just walk away.

Subresearch Question 5
(5) What are the kinds of people who help or do not help?
There is no particular variation. Majority of those who see it will pick up.

Conclusion
We conclude that student in SP are helpful and they will return to the rightful owner when they see a wallet dropped from a stranger.