As a part of my IB Psychology Internal Assessment, I am carrying out a study of perception. This study is going to test how will you judge people by the first time you see them. After the briefing, I would ask you to sign the statement below:
· I have been informed about the nature of the experiment
· I understand that I have the right to withdraw from the experiment at any time, and that any information/data about me will remain confidential
· My anonymity will be protected as my name will not be identifiable
· The experiment will be conducted so that I will not be demeaned in any way
· I will be debriefed at the end and have the opportunity to find out the results
I give my informed consent to participants in this experiment.
Name and date:
Appendix 2
(Instruction sheet condition A)
1. Please come in and take a sit at any of the tables
2. If at any point in this experiment you wish to withdraw yourself or your results please let me know
3. You will be required to watch a video with the interview of a teacher from Lyceum 10 of Perm which is 2.37 minutes long
4. (Show the video)
5. When you turn over the piece of paper you will be given five minutes to complete the following task
6. If you finish early, please remain seated and silent
7. (Time five minutes)
8. Please put your pens down and place your answers upside down on the edge of the table
9. Thank you very much for participating in my experiment, now you may leave.
Appendix 3
(Instruction sheet condition B)
10. Please come in and take a sit at any of the tables
11. If at any point in this experiment you wish to withdraw yourself or your results please let me know
12. You will be required to watch a video with the interview of a teacher from Lyceum 10 of Perm which is 2.14 minutes long
13. (Show the video)
14. When you turn over the piece of paper you will be given five minutes to complete the following task
15. If you finish early, please remain seated and silent
16. (Time five minutes)
17. Please put your pens down and place your answers upside down on the edge of the table
18. Thank you very much for participating in my experiment, now you may leave.
Appendix 4
(Debriefing sheet)
Thank you very much for participating in my study. I appreciate your help and thank you for your time. Below is a description of the research rationale.
The aims and implications of the study
This research was based around the concept of Alteration of Judgment .
So aim of this study was to provide evidence to support the theory that attractive behavior causes high evaluation of the character.
Rights to Withdraw Data
You have now been fully informed as to purpose of this experiment and can understand how your results will be used. If you have any reason against the inclusion of your data in the final analysis of the results, you may ask for your results to be withdrawn at this point.
Appendix 5
Listed below are some characteristics of the teacher you saw. Please indicate how you think you would feel about each of the characteristics if you were to take a course from the teacher
1. You would rate his physical appearance as:
extremely appealing
very appealing
somewhat appealing
slightly appealing
slightly irritating
somewhat irritating
very irritating
extremely irritating
2. You would rate his mannerism as:
extremely appealing
very appealing
somewhat appealing
slightly appealing
slightly irritating
somewhat irritating
very irritating
extremely irritating
3. You would rate his level of intellectual competence as: