A young man in a hoodie deliberately drops a wallet on the ground 50 times as a part of a videotaped social experiment. How many of those 50 people do you think return the wallet to him?
This is no way helps the stereotype that women are only after men’s money.
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dash
9 years ago
People are less likely to take a wallet because it usually has identifiers in it and there’s no way to know if what’s inside is worth the risk of taking it (wallet could be empty). Now do the experiment with loose cash and more isolated streets. Some of the people had onlookers, that skews the data.
I’ve seen so many experiments like this on TV and elsewhere, that if I saw a guy drop a wallet like that, I’d assume I was being filmed. I’d look around for the cameras, or watch and see what other people do. Even if I was tempted to take the wallet for myself, I wouldn’t, because I’d assume there’s a good chance I was being filmed. You can’t really run this test anymore, because some of the subjects know they’re being filmed. I’d probably do something smartass and nonconformist just to be different. I’d stand over the wallet and stare… Read more »
This is no way helps the stereotype that women are only after men’s money.
People are less likely to take a wallet because it usually has identifiers in it and there’s no way to know if what’s inside is worth the risk of taking it (wallet could be empty). Now do the experiment with loose cash and more isolated streets. Some of the people had onlookers, that skews the data.
I like the guy who opened it up and took a look first before giving it back!
I think, because he was an older gentleman, he was looking for a name. It appears he called out afterwards.
I’ve seen so many experiments like this on TV and elsewhere, that if I saw a guy drop a wallet like that, I’d assume I was being filmed. I’d look around for the cameras, or watch and see what other people do. Even if I was tempted to take the wallet for myself, I wouldn’t, because I’d assume there’s a good chance I was being filmed. You can’t really run this test anymore, because some of the subjects know they’re being filmed. I’d probably do something smartass and nonconformist just to be different. I’d stand over the wallet and stare… Read more »