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The Impacts Of Researcher Attire On Participant Performance In Psychological Experiments, Jesse S. Basi
The Impacts Of Researcher Attire On Participant Performance In Psychological Experiments, Jesse S. Basi
Undergraduate Honours Theses
While authority has been extensively studied by psychological researchers, there is a clear gap in the literature examining how authority works within research itself. Specifically, the current study examines how the attire of researchers affects participants’ obedience to their directives and participant perceptions of the researcher. The final sample of participants in the current study included 49 people, ages 17-54 years. Participants were shown a video of a researcher explaining the current study, with the researcher wearing either casual clothing, formal wear, or a white lab coat uniform. The researcher asked participants to give maximum effort on a series of …
Moral Perceptions In The Workplace, Leonid V. Beletski
Moral Perceptions In The Workplace, Leonid V. Beletski
Undergraduate Honours Theses
Substantial prior research has investigated various aspects of interpersonal perceptions, such as the dimensions of warmth and competence. Researchers have suggested that morality as a human trait is a salient basis for forming perceptions of people, including how warm and competent they are perceived. The present study was designed to examine how people’s moral decisions affect warmth, competence, and morality perceptions in the workplace, how attractive these decisions make an individual for prospective project cooperation, as well as the perceived tendencies of individuals’ workplace decisions. The present study confirmed previous findings in the moral psychology literature, and also begins to …