IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PSYCH 1000 RESEARCH PARTICIPATION As part of this course, you are asked to acquire first hand knowledge about psychological research. There are two ways to do this. One way is to volunteer 12 half hours of service as a participant for ongoing psychological research during this semester. For each hour of service you will earn points to be applied to your course grade. This means that a portion of your course grade can be earned simply by serving as a participant. The other way to acquire this research participation knowledge is to complete assignments designated by your Psych 1000 Instructor. Soon after the start of the semester, you will have the opportunity to complete the on-line group questionnaires. By completing the on-line group questionnaire survey (you will be able to link there from http://missouri.sona-systems.com and will also receive an email with the link), you will receive 2 credits toward research participation. After receiving notification of the online pretest, you will have 2 weeks within which to complete it. The information provided will be used by experimenters to contact participants later to volunteer for credit in further studies. Thus, by completing the on-line group questionnaire survey, you will likely have many more opportunities to participate in other studies [The information that you provide on the Group Questionnaires is treated confidentially. This information is used to pre-select participants based on traits or attitudes that may be relevant to a psychological study. Additionally, any data that you may provide as a participant is also kept confidential and your name is often not attached to your responses or to any measures of your performance in any experimental task.] Your participation in the Group Questionnaires, as well as your participation in ongoing psychological research is voluntary. If you choose not to serve as a participant then you may earn an equivalent amount of credit by completing assignments designed by your PSYCH 1000 instructor. See your instructor or TA for more information. YOUR RIGHTS AS A PARTICIPANT If you have any complaints or are unhappy with your treatment during your participation, you should contact a member of the human research committee or leave a message with the Committee Clerk (Tara Bailey; [email protected]) in the lobby of the Psychology Building or at 884-6224. The current faculty members of the Human Research Committee are: Dr. Jamie Arndt, Chair 111 McAlester Hall 884-4678 [email protected] Dr. Kennon Sheldon 112 McAlester Hall 884-1547 [email protected] Dr. Joseph LoPiccolo 19 McAlester Hall 882-7752 [email protected] You may also contact the Campus Internal Review Board (IRB) at 882-9585. When you arrive at an experiment, the experimenter will provide a description of the basic procedures or tasks that you will be asked to perform. You will then be asked to give your consent to be a participant. You are free to leave the session if you are concerned about the procedures at any time during the session without fear of recourse or any other penalty. You may leave the session at any time without the approval of the experimenter. If you appear at the right time and place for an experiment but the experimenter does not appear (after you wait 10 minutes), you are entitled to receive one credit for that experiment. In such an event, see the Committee Clerk in the lobby of the Psychology Building. Please note in order to receive the proper credit, you must report this event on the same day that it happened. Over please Rev 7/9/08HOW TO VOLUNTEER All Psychology experiments are listed on the Psych 1000 Research Participation Website, located at: http://missouri.sona-systems.com. You must logon at this webpage to receive credits for participating in experiments. Your logon and password for the website will be automatically created based on the class roster as of the first day of class. Shortly after the start of the semester, you should receive an email to your university email address with your logon and password information. If you do not receive an email with your Research Participation Logon and Password by 9/2, you should notify The Human Subjects Committee Clerk, Tara Bailey ([email protected]; 884-6224) so that she can create an account for you. When you contact Tara, please include your first and last name, university UserID (pawprint), student number, and university email address. Throughout the semester, researchers will post a description of their experiments, including the date, time and location of each session. Each description will provide an option for you to signup if there is an available appointment time. In some instances an experiment may request that you email or call the investigator so that you may be contacted for an appointment. After you sign up for an experiment, you will be sent a confirming email, and some experiments may also send you a reminder email the day before your appointment. You can view a record of what experiments you have signed up for, and your history of participation, at the website at any time. Most experiments will be conducted in the Psychology Building which is located at the corner of 7th Street and Locust Street at 200 South 7th Street, or Noyes Hall located on South 6th Street in between the Engineering Building and Parker Hall. If you have any questions about the time or location of an experiment, see the website. HOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT You will receive credits from experimenters via the website within 1 week of your participation. See the “My Schedule and Credits” option. Each experimenter will give you 1 credit for each half-hour of service as a participant. You need to earn 12 credits to complete your requirement. If you find a discrepancy between the number of credits assigned to you on the web and how many you think you have earned, then contact the Committee Clerk ([email protected]). NO-SHOW PENALTY When you sign-up for an experiment you make a commitment to appear and your space in the session is reserved. That means that no other student is able to utilize that space. It is very important that you keep your experimental session. Do not sign up unless you are sure that you can attend the session. If an emergency arises and you find that you cannot keep your experimental session, then you must call or email the