Fainted

Done by: Care Bear
– Xian Feng
– Pearly
– Mei Fen
– Zulhari
– Jasper
– Cheryl

Abstract
An experiment conducted by Care Bear on 15th January 2009. Our purpose is to study individual reaction towards a situation such as this. "When a person needs help, how would the people nearby react?"


Aim of Research
To see how people will react when they see fainted people in middle of the road.


Main Research Question
How people will react when someone fainted?


Sub Research Questions
What are the environmental/social factors that affect a person’s reaction?
How do they react when we approached them for help?
Why do they give assistance/ why don’t they give assistance?
Do their emotions seem to be affected when they know that we are carrying out an experiment on them? Give some evidences?


Data Collection Methods
- Looking for a female helper
- Looking a male adult helper


Analysis


Sub Research Question 1
When the people are rushing for class, they are alone or when there is not much passerby around, and they feel that there is a need to help.
When people approached them for help, they claim that they are helpless too.
When they are alone in helping, they feel panicked as there was no one to lead them. Hence the girl approached others.


Sub Research Question 2
They were shocked when they heard that someone fainted. They wanted to seek for ambulance and to look for other adults or male to help out. Some had no reaction at all and just walked away.


Sub Research Question 3
Why they gave assistance?
They gave assistance, probably because they feel that it is something serious as it was a guy that had fainted.
Why they do not give assistance?
They probably had not come across such situation and think that even if they were to help, they might not know how. They are also scared that they night not be of good aid and mess everything up and create more problems instead. Some might also suspect that this is prank.


Sub Research Question 4
Affected their emotions
Yes, one of them seemed to be frustrated we revealed to her that we were carrying out a social experiment which delayed her class.
Does not affect their emotions
No, it does not affect their emotions as the person still remained calm after knowing that we were carrying out a social experiment and was still willing to be interviewed.


Conclusion
In conclusion, our team feels that generally, nobody would be motivated to be involved, let alone take the initiative to help a fainted person or similar situation unless strongly/forcefully approached. The most common reaction would be “look and run”. To solve this crisis, we feel that our student should be educated to be helpful and not be ignorant.