Prot et al. (2014)

Prot et al. aimed to see the effects of _______ on empathy and prosocial behaviour.

• Hormones

• Genetic inheritance

• Schema/ life experience

• Media use

The way media use affects real life behaviour supports the theory that our behaviour is influenced by...

• social learning.

• schema formation.

• classical conditioning.

• operant conditioning.

This type of research studies a group of people at one point in time.

• Longitudinal study

• Cross-sectional study

This type of research studies a group of people over a long period of time, checking in at multiple time points.

• Longitudinal study

• Cross-sectional study

One key benefit longitudinal studies have over cross-sectional studies is that....

• quantitative data is more objective.

• it is more ethical.

• it is cheaper and faster to conduct.

• they can infer causation while the other cannot.

They conducted two studies. The first study was a cross-sectional and cross-cultural study including ___ countries.

• 2

• 4

• 7

The second study they conducted was a longitudinal study in...

• Germany

• Singapore

• Thailand

• USA

Study 1 Aim: Other than looking at the effect of prosocial media use on empathy, Prot et al. looked at these three possible mediating factors.

• age

• education level

• gender

• culture

Study 1 Procedure: In total, there were 2202 participants from the 7 countries.

• High generalisability

• Low generalisability

• Ethical

• Unethical

Study 1 Procedure: The 7 countries (Australia, Croatia , China, Germany, Japan, Romania and the United States) were divided into three groups for comparison.

• Individualistic South Asian Cultures

• Individualistic Western cultures

• Collectivist East European cultures

• Collectivist East Asian countries