Post-Participation Experience Paper

Alissa DiGuglielmo, Dr.Scepansky PSY 100/MWF 10:00

PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
Required Research Participation: Post-participation Experience Questionnaire

Directions: Regardless of whether you complete a “live” study, or participate in online research, after completing each study, you are required to complete the brief questionnaire below. Answers to these questions MUST be typed and submitted by the date indicated by your instructor. If you do not answer the questions sufficiently, you will NOT be given credit.

1. What is the complete title of the study in which you participated?

The title of the study I participated in was Measuring Personality in the Work Environment.

2. On what date did you participate in this study?

I participated in this study on October 7, 2016.

3. What is the name of the primary researcher for the study in which you participated?

The name of the primary researcher for this study was Randy Socin.

4. What is the name of the faculty advisor/supervisor for the study in which you participated (it may be the same person as #3)?

The name of the faculty advisor/supervisor was Randy Socin.

5. What is the academic affiliation for the research in which you participated (i.e., at what college, university or institution did the research originate)?

The academic affiliation for the research in which I participated in was at The Florida Institute of Technology.

6.

How long did the study take to complete?

This study took 30 minutes to complete.

7. Provide a brief paragraph (4 – 5 sentence minimum) description of what your participation involved (i.e., what were you asked to do?). If you were asked to read/watch anything, describe what you read/watched. If you were asked to complete a questionnaire, describe the types of questions you were asked.

In this study, I had to take two surveys, one from the real study and the other from a third-party website called surveymonkey.com. These questions asked about your demographics, personal questions related to work situations where you would rate a particular work situation as strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree. Then I was sent to surveymonkey.com where it asked me life/personal questions such as do you have car insurance?, what is your income?, etc. As a result of this study, I found some value in my personality insight. This is turn, allowed me to reevaluate my personality and make improvements/changes to it in the future.

8. Were you provided with an explanation of the study after your participation ended (i.e., a debriefing statements)? Summarize what you were told about your participation after completing the study (i.e., was more information provided as to what the researchers were examining, or what they were

predicting?).

After participating in the study, I was not ever provided with an explanation of the study. Before the study, I was only given the instructions/what kind of experiment I will be participating. Also, the purpose/goal of the experiment was displayed to the participant. This was to see how different policies function in an employment survey and to refine present personality constructs and to develop a measure that can predict work performance typically found in present organization. As a result, of not having a debrief statement/explanation of the study after the experiment. This makes the study unethical because the experiment was explained before the participant participated in the experiment. This could have deceived the participant and could have prevented a participant from participating in the study.

IMPORTANT: For each submission, be sure to indicate at the top of the page your name, your professor’s name, and the name/time of the class (e.g., Sue Snue, Dr. Suess, PSY 999/MWF 10:00).