Another Behavioral Study: Power of Circumstance

On the topic of psychological studies regarding the influence of external environments and the malleability of character traits, I would like to share another interesting study that I once came across.

The aim of the study was to question what makes us help others, when do we express our "Good Samaritan" qualities? The study shows that we behave in a caring manner only when circumstances allow us to, questioning whether personality is influential or not on our actions. I am certainly intrigued with these types of experiments, challenging our assumptions on autonomy. I probably am most interested because it is a serious problem that we need to overcome, or shall I say, would arguably want to overcome due to its severe implications.

Read about the experiment here:

http://www.experiment-resources.com/helping-behavior.html