Please take care of my laptop.

Team Name: Pink Dolphin
Members: Christopher Tan Puay Liang 0822363
Teng Wei Ya 0821250
Ng Kian Long Robin 0870056
Quennie Jenn Gamboa Magalzo 0842213
Wong Yu Ping 0837042
Eugene Khoo 0863320
Tang Hui Ting 0849744
Joline Fong 0850720
Ma Yu Xuan 0841410


Abstract
We set up a laptop and a pencil box on the study table beside fc3. Our experiment is that Dolphin (our actress) will ask people to take care of her things(the laptop, pencil box & laptop bag) while she go to the toilet(somewhere else to walk). We will then ask one of our people to take an item from the things and walk off with it.


Main research question:
What will a person do or react if he/she is asked to take care of an item for a period of time by a stranger?
Sub-research question:
1) What are the social and environmental factors that influence if the person helps?
2) Why does the person help or not help?
3) Why does the person stop or not stop the person from taking?
4) What did the person do when waiting for that long?


Analysis
Sub-research question:


1) Our actress is a sweet and pleasant girl and it seems that there is no reason for rejecting her. Furthermore she is alone. The situation was that she needs to rush to the toilet and really need help from others to help her look after.


2) Most of the people were kind enough to help. They only reject when they are late for class and have no time.


3) They thought that the person taking away pencil case was her friend. They might have this kind of thinking is probably they do not believe that SP students will take away people’s belonging for no reason.


4) They read their notes, play games using PSP, chatting and messaging their friends.


Conclusion
Most of the people will lend a helping hand to others who are in need only except for those who are rushing for class. Although we told them that we are actually doing an experiment on them, most of them still smiled politely and was willing to help people who need help again.