Winter 2008
These are the approved experiments that Psychology 101 and other eligible
psychology students may participate in for credit. Participation in any experiment that is not listed here
will not count for credit. To sign up for any project, please see the sign-up sheet on the psychology department bulletin board (across the hall from Pettengill 357).
Not all experiments will be available at all times. If there is no sign-up
sheet for a particular experiment, or if all appointments for an experiment are
full, please find a different experiment to participate in. For questions about any experiment, please contact the experimenter. For questions about
participation credit, please contact your instructor.
1. You only get credit for participating in approved experimenters. With few
exceptions, all experiments are sponsored by the psychology department. You
will only receive participation credit for the experiments listed on this
website. Check here for updates.
2. Each experiment has a fixed amount of credit assigned to it based on the
average length of time that it will take you to participate. If an experiment is
worth 0.5 credits, you will get 0.5 credits whether it takes you 15 minutes or
45 minutes to complete it. Be sure to check the amount of credits when you sign
up for the experiment.
3. To sign up for an experiment, check out the bulletin board in the psychology
department across from Brian Pfohl's office (Pettengill 357). When you sign up
for an experiment, you are making an appointment that you must show up for. If
you do not show up (or do not cancel with sufficient notice), you will be
penalized 1.0 credits regardless of the credit value of the experiment.
4. Upon completion of the experiment, you will receive a paper receipt of your
participation listing the experiment number and the amount of credit you have
earned. SAVE THIS RECEIPT! Although it is the experimenter's responsibility to
report your participation to the department, this receipt is the only proof that
you have of your participation.
| Experiment #1 | Memory and Personality Style |
| Location: Pgill G50 | Duration: 25 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Jon Stange | E-mail: jstange@bates.edu | Phone Number: |
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This study looks at memory and how it is related to personality style. |
| Restrictions:
Participants who participated in Experiment #8 last semester may not
participate. |
| Experiment #2 | Multiple-Choice Test |
| Location: Pettengill G21 | Duration: 20 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Rosanna Schatzki | E-mail: rschatzk@bates.edu | Phone Number: (917) 209-8784 |
| A study of test-taking performance and the factors that can predict how well people do on a multiple-choice test. |
| Restrictions: Males only |
| Experiment #3 | Perceptions of Others |
| Location: PGILL 374 | Duration: 15 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Erik Hood | E-mail: ehood@bates.edu | Phone Number: 603-723-9680 |
| Participants will be asked to watch a short video and answer questions about some of the people they see. |
| Restrictions: Participants who participated in Experiment 2 last semester may not participate. |
| Experiment #4 | Personality Questionnaire |
| Location: Pgill 363 | Duration: 30 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Helen Boucher | E-mail: hboucher@bates.edu | Phone Number: 786-6395 |
| Participants will complete various measures of personality. |
| Restrictions: None. |
| Experiment #5 | Lexical Decision Making |
| Location: Pgill 371 | Duration: 15 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Caroline Lemoine | E-mail: clemoine@bates.edu | Phone Number: 774-217-1810 |
| Participants will be shown strings of letters and asked to classify them as "words" or "nonwords". |
| Restrictions: First Year Students Only. |
| Experiment #6 | Identity Through Narratives in Emerging Adults |
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Location:
http://abacus.bates.edu/~mcreedon/identity | Duration: 20 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Meaghan Creedon | E-mail: mcreedon@bates.edu | Phone Number: 508-207-3112 |
| In this study, participants are asked to write a story about a turning point in their lives. Following this exercise, participants will be asked to complete a questionnaire measuring features of identity. |
| Restrictions: Participants must be 3rd or 4th year students. |
| Experiment #7 | Impressions of Others |
| Location: PGILL 374 | Duration: 10 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Jenny Imrich | E-mail: jimrich@bates.edu | Phone Number: 617-922-4972 |
| Participants will be asked to watch a short video clip and answer questions about the people they see. |
| Restrictions: |
| Experiment #9 | Personality and Career Preferences |
| Location: Pgill 371 | Duration: 25 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Meghan Conley | E-mail: mconley@bates.edu | Phone Number: 413-265-9374 |
| Participants will complete a measure of personality and will also evaluate potential jobs in terms of desirability. |
| Restrictions: Undergraduates. |
| Experiment #10 | Perceptual Vigilance |
| Location: Pettengill 371 | Duration: 25 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Jon Stange | E-mail: jstange@bates.edu | Phone Number: n/a |
| Participants will perform a simple computer task that involves viewing images on screen and indicating when specific objects are present or absent, as quickly but as accurately as they can. |
| Restrictions: Normal or corrected vision to 20/20. Also must be a fluent English speaker. |
| Experiment #11 | Interviewing Techniques |
| Location: Pettengill 374 | Duration: 25 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Eleanor Yee | E-mail: eyee@bates.edu | Phone Number: 917-568-1663 |
| The purpose of this experiment is to examine individuals’ performance across different interviewing situations and if these common techniques used by employers are affective. It is not uncommon for an employer to ask moral obligation questions, behavioral questions, or self-improvement questions. This technique is used to obtain a fuller picture of the potential employee. Companies that value innovative thinking may also ask questions that tap into individual creativity and problem solving strategies. This experiment will evaluate participants’ answers to a number of commonly asked interview questions and will determine the validity of different interviewing techniques. |
| Restrictions: Everyone and anyone is welcome to participate! |
| Experiment #12 | Categorization Judgment |
| Location: Pettengill 371 | Duration: 30 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Julie Knopf | E-mail: jknopf@bates.edu | Phone Number: N/A |
| Participants will complete two tasks on computer each of which involves making a rapid categorization judgments. |
| Restrictions: Normal vision or corrected to 20/20. Fluent English speaker. |
| Experiment #13 | Emotion, Cognitive Style, and Social Perception |
| Location: 363 | Duration: 25 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Maura Beatty | E-mail: mbeatty@bates.edu | Phone Number: 857 205 3293 |
| Participants will partake in two short studies. The first study includes a brief writing exercise and measures of emotion and cognitive style. The second deals with social perception. |
| Restrictions: People who have already participated in Experiment #4 are not eligible. |
| Experiment #14 | External Rewards and Anxiety's Effect on Intrinsic Motivation |
| Location: Pgill 353 | Duration: 20 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Kelly Wakeham | E-mail: kwakeham@bates.edu | Phone Number: 860-227-5556 |
| Participants will complete several word anagrams across different conditions in order to examine the different effects on intrinsic motivation. |
| Restrictions: |
| Experiment #15 | People's perceptions of health messages and desire for information on health behaviors |
| Location: Pgill 374 | Duration: 20 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Becky Rubenstein | E-mail: rrubenst@bates.edu | Phone Number: 203-641-9798 |
| Participants will watch short advertisements on health related topics and rate them. They will also complete a short computer task on health information. Finally, they will complete a questionnaire on a health topic. |
| Restrictions: |
| Experiment #16 | The Effect of an Athlete’s Emotional State in regards to Verbal Persuasion and Collective Efficacy |
| Location: Pgill317 | Duration: 20 minutes | Credits: 0.5 |
| Experimenter: Kevin Reyes | E-mail: kreyes@bates.edu | Phone Number: 978-771-6828 |
| Participants will be instructed to shoot at a target with a teammate and complete measures of efficacy and cohesion. |
| Restrictions: Males Only |
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