Experimenter Characteristics and Word Choice: Best Practices When Administering an Informed Consent |
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| Authors: | John E. Edlund Jessica L. Hartnett Jeremy D. Heider Emmanuel J. Perez Jessica Lusk |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Rochester Institute of Technology;2. Department of Psychology, Gannon University;3. Department of Psychology, Southeast Missouri State University;4. Department of Psychology, Stephen F. Austin State University |
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| Abstract: | The present research seeks to better understand research conditions in laboratory research, with special attention paid to the informed consent process and experimenter characteristics. The first study tested the impact of language perspective and experimenter demeanor upon participant retention of the informed consent information, attitudes toward the research project, and performance on experimental tasks. The second study examined the impact of experimenter attire. Across the two studies, our results suggest that there was no impact of language perspective, whereas the number of other participants in the laboratory, experimenter attire, and experimenter demeanor influence participant behaviors in the laboratory. |
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| Keywords: | research methods coercion participant engagement informed consent |
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