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Paper Title

Infant Cues and Stopping at the Crosswalk

Keywords

  • Infant Cues
  • Crosswalk Behavior
  • Antisocial Behavior
  • Pedestrian Safety
  • Driving Behavior
  • Field Experiment
  • Motorist Compliance
  • Social Influence
  • Traffic Psychology
  • Prosocial Behavior
  • Human Factors

Article Type

Research Article

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Issue

Volume : 4 | Issue : 2 | Page No : 334-336

Published On

April, 1978

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted in a field setting to study the effects of infant cues on inhibiting antisocial behavior-driving through a crosswalk while a pedestrian is waiting to cross the street. A female experimenter either stood alone, with a shopping cart, or with an infant stroller. As predicted, motorists stopped more frequently in the presence of the stroller than in the other two conditions.

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