Request for Experiment Number

If you wish to have access to psychology students as participants in your study, please fill out the following form.

All information will be visible to your participants online, so be careful about revealing the intent of your study.

If approved, this information will be posted unedited online, so please be careful of typos and other errors.

If you would like to see examples of other experiment listings, check out the web page for currently approved experiments. (link opens in new window)

Your name

Your phone number

Your Bates user name
@bates.edu
You must use this Bates account to record your participation credit.

Title of Experiment (All information will be visible to your participants online, so be careful about revealing the intent of your study. It's okay to be vague.)

Brief Description of Experiment (All information will be visible to your participants online, so be careful about revealing the intent of your study.  DON'T PASTE YOUR ABSTRACT HERE.)

Restrictions (e.g. males only)

Location of experiment (please enter a room number or web address for online surveys)

Please check this box if your entire data collection for this project will be conducted via online surveys.

Web address of your sign-up sheet (The department recommends using signupschedule.com, but you may use any system you prefer.  To get your link from signupschedule.com, create an account, log in, and then click on "Promotion" in the upper right corner.  The link to your sign-up sheet will be on this page.)

The AVERAGE duration each participant will be asked to participate (in minutes)

The total number of participants you hope to recruit


What is the main reason for conducting this research? (Please select the appropriate button and answer the corresponding question.)
Psychology thesis researchWho is your advisor?
Psychology class assignmentWhich class?
Nonpsychology thesisWhat is your major?
Nonpsychology class assignmentWhich class?
Work-study Research for psychology facultyWhich professor?
Psychology Faculty Research 
Other Please specify

By submitting this information, you are requesting for the department to grant extra credit to students who participate in your study. You will be notified whether your request is granted or not by email to the address that you specified above.

If you do not get a response back by email, your experiment has NOT been registered.  Responses may take several hours or days to process, particularly during weekends, so plan ahead. If you do not hear back within one business day (Mon-Fri), you may write an email to Brian Pfohl (bpfohl@bates.edu) to inquire about your request.