Bocchiaro Flashcards
What type of research method was used?
Laboratory
What was the sampling technique?
Self-selecting from posters in University. Paid €7 or course credit
What was the sample?
149 undergraduate students (96 women, 53 men)
Why were 11 students removed from the study?
They were suspicious about the nature of the study
What were ppt’s told about in the pilot study?
The effects of sensory deprivation on the brain
What were the effects of sensory deprivation on ppt’s in the pilot study?
All panicked, their cognitive abilities were temporarily impaired, some experienced visual and auditory hallucinations
What was the request given to the ppt’s by the researchers?
The students had to write a statement recommending the sensory deprivation research to their friends
What adjectives were the pots asked to use in the statement?
Exciting
Incredible
Great
Superb
How was obedience and disobedience operationalised?
Whether they wrote the statement or not
How was whistle blowing operationalised?
If the ppt’s complete the research Committee forms and put them in the mail box
What was the name of the personality test that measured 6 personality factors?
HEXACO PI-R
What were the personality traits that the HEXACO PI-R measured?
Honesty-Humility Emotionality Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Openness to experience
What was the name of the second test on personal characteristics?
Social Value Orientation (SVO)
What did the SVO classify?
It classified whether ppt’s were:
1) Pro-social orientation
2) Individualistic orientation
3) Competitive orientation
What does the SVO measure?
Decomposed games measure
