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Get entered in a raffle to win 1 of 5 $100 Amazon.com gift certificates for completing two 15 to 20 minute web surveys. The study is open to any heterosexual individual currently involved in a romantic relationship in which at least one member of the couple is graduating from University this spring. You'll complete the web survey and then be contacted to complete a follow-up in a few months. In addition to the monetary compensation, if you would like, you will benefit from being e-mailed the results of this survey after the follow-up.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 11. 07. 2005 ::

Eyewitness identification ::

Michael Lewis
Cardiff University

How confident can we be when a witness says that they are sure that a person is the offender? This experiment explores the factors that determine the confidence-accuracy relationship.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 10. 05. 2005 ::

Gender Attitudes and Responses to Jokes ::

Gloria Cowan and Melanie Bromley
California State University, San Bernardinoonline pa

You are being asked to participate in a study on gender attitudes and response to jokes. The first purpose is to examine the responses to jokes that are directed toward women. The second purpose is to investigate views toward women. The questionnaire will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 26. 05. 2005 ::

Bottom-Up Visual Attention Study ::

Tomasz Seroczyñski
Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw Universityonline payda

The experiment is intended to evaluate a computer-based model of human attention. It should not take more than 15 minutes to fully participate in it.
PC users only (Requires downloading and running a Win32 application)

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Internet Science :: in English

:: 03. 01. 2006 ::

Bad Vibes: The search for the worst sound in the world ::

Trevor Cox
University of Salford

Fingernails scraping down a blackboard, the scream of a baby, a mobile phone ringtone: whats the worst sound in the world? It may sound like torture, but BadVibes is a new science project that aims to find out just that. You will log on to the BadVibes website where you will listen to and vote on a collection of awful sounds.

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other :: in English

:: 25. 07. 2005 ::

Relationships & Mating ::

Danielle Cohen & Jay Belsky
Institute for the Study of Children, Families, & Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London

This study explores familial relationships in early childhood, adult romantic experiences and sexual behavior, as well as the influence of external circumstances on mate preferences. Takes about 20-25 minutes.

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Internet Science :: in English

:: 08. 08. 2006 ::

Media Use Effects on Dreams ::

Jayne Gackenbach
Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canadaonli

After answering some basic demographic questions participants will be asked to provide a recent dream and then to answer several questions about the dream and their media use.
several open ended and closed ended questions

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 18. 07. 2006 ::

Pursuing Multiple Social Goals Simultaneously ::

David Pautler
University of Hawaii

This questionnaire begins by setting the stage for an imaginary conversation, providing you with a pair of goals and some facts about the situation and the person youll be speaking with (i.e., the audience). Estimated time to complete questionnaire: 15-30 mins.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 07. 02. 2006 ::

Personality and Interpersonal Relationships ::

Jessica Rothman
University of Rochester

The purpose of this research is to explore how various individuals feel about those they have close relationships with.

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Perception :: in English

:: 15. 02. 2006 ::

Illness perceptions held on food allergies and their link to anxiety levels ::

Rachel Liddle
University of the West of England Bristolonline payd

Study assessing the illness perceptions of people with food allergies and how this relates to anxiety.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 22. 04. 2010 ::

Who am I? How do I behave? Am I happy? ::

Kathryn Buchanan, Anat Bardi
Royal Holloway, University of London

A chance to win £50 for completion of an interesting survey concerning your personality traits, happiness levels and day-to-day behaviours. This study will take approx 15-25 minutes. Please note that non UK residents will receive the £50 in Amazon vouchers.
Participants will have a chance to win £50!

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Applied Psychology :: in English

:: 04. 08. 2010 ::

Environmental beliefs and behaviours ::

Nadine Page
University of Hertfordshire, UK

This online questionnaire study aims to understand people's environmental beliefs and behaviours about climate change and the environment. It is composed of a number of different scales that should take no more than 30 minutes to complete.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 17. 07. 2009 ::

Person Perception and Event Recall (females only) ::

Dina Dosmukhambetova, Antony Manstead
Cardiff University

In this study we are interested in whether whether the atmosphere of imagined events affects later recall and in how people form opinions about others based on minimal information. The study will takes approx. 15 minutes to complete.
Females only. Participants will be given an opportunity to enter a lottery to win an Amazon Voucher of a £10, £20 or £40 value.

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 17. 07. 2009 ::

Predictors and Outcomes of Online Sexual Activity ::

Krystelle Shaughnessy and Sandra Byers
University of New Brunswick, Canada

A survey about attitudes and experiences with online sexual activity. You do not need to have used the Internet for sexual activities in order to participate in this study. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes. You will have the option to be entered into a raffle to win one of three $50CDN VISA gift certificates. This study was approved by the University of New Brunswick Research Ethics Board (REB #2009-04).
only if 21 or older

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 05. 10. 2009 ::

Subjective Awareness of Memory Online Memory Questionnaire ::

Helen Williams
University of Leeds

This research stems from our interest in peoples awareness of their own memory abilities, and peoples justifications about how accurately they remember something. You will be shown justification statements and confidence ratings that previous participants made when they thought they recognised a word as being one they had encountered earlier in an experiment and your task is to decide which category their justification falls into from: Remember, Know, Familiar, or Guess.

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 26. 03. 2009 ::

Anxiety, Depression, and everyday risk behaviour. ::

Brett Hunt
Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Investigates the links between anxiety, depression, and the everyday risk taking behaviour of people.

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Personality Psychology :: in English

:: 03. 02. 2009 ::

Testing a New Genuineness Personality Questionnaire ::

Hoda Samadi, Greg Boyle
Bond Universitye>

The objectives of this survey research include the following: (1) to gain a better understanding of the factors that contribute to the level of accuracy towards ones view of the self, (2) to develop a new questionnaire that assesses genuineness, and (3) to examine how the character genuineness is related to a number of different psychological states.

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 05. 02. 2009 ::

Examining Partner Experiences of Returning Operation Enduring and Iraqi Freedom Veterans ::

Amanda Johnson
State University of New York at Buffaloonline payday

This study is looking at the experiences of partners (spouses and girlfriend/boyfriends) of veterans of the Iraq or Afghanistan war. It is a one time confedential survey that can be completed online or through the mail after receiving and signing a consent form.
limited to participants from a specific group (see study description)

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 03. 03. 2009 ::

Compulsive Behavior in Children with ADHD and Tic Disorders ::

Caitlin Ford, Marcel Kinsbourne
The New School for Social Research

This research will look at the aspects of behavior in both ADHD and Tic Disorders (TD) that may be considered compulsive, or "ovefocused." By studying the possible similarities and differences between these disorders, we hope to add to our current understanding of ADHD and TD, and their connection.

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 25. 01. 2009 ::

An investigation into panic disorder ::

Ben Meghreblian, Amanda Holmes

We are conducting research into panic disorder, a form of anxiety, and are looking for participants to spend roughly 10 minutes to help with our study. No identifying details will be recorded on your questionnaire response so that your data will be completely anonymous and it will therefore not be possible to link your consent form to your questionnaire response or to the data arising from it. You will be assigned a code number to your data which only you will know, so if you wish to withdraw your data you will be able to do this by providing this to the investigator.

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 30. 04. 2009 ::

Mens sexual experiences and attitudes ::

Ethan McCallum and Zoe Peterson
University of Missouri-St. Louis

Seeking heterosexual male volunteers for an anonymous online survey. Takes about 35 min. Participants will be entered into a raffle to win a $100 gift certificate.

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 21. 05. 2009 ::

Interactions in Semantic Networks ::

Anthony Knittel
Centre for the Mind, The University of Sydneyonline

The experiment is looking at how the meanings of different words interact, it should be fairly straightforward and takes about 15 minutes to run. The purpose of the experiment is to build more knowledge of human cognition that will hopefully help in improving existing models of cognition, and in designing new approaches for artificial learning systems.

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Personality Psychology :: in English

:: 25. 07. 2008 ::

Relationships, Sexuality and Personality ::

Sascha Schwarz
Dept. of Social Psychology, University of Wuppertal

This web-based study is designed to understand more deeply which persons prefer what type of relationships, ranging from brief sexual encounters to ever-lasting committed long-term relationships. This international study is being conducted by Sascha Schwarz from the University of Wuppertal (Germany), and it has been approved by the local Ethics Commitee. After completion, each participant receives immediately a graphical feedback about his or her personality structure, assessed with a "Big Five" inventory of personality.

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Clinical Psychology :: in English

:: 02. 07. 2008 ::

Self-Injury and Eating Pathology ::

Emma Black
Deakin University

We are seeking females aged over 18 years to fill out an online questionnaire that will take about half an hour of your time to complete. This questionnaire explores how some personality traits may or may not be linked to self-harm or disordered eating. All responses are confidential, and can be anonymous. This research project has Deakin University Human Research Ethics Committee approval (Project number EC-247-2007).

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Applied Psychology :: in English

:: 16. 09. 2008 ::

How player strategies impact learning. ::

Franziska Spring
Educational Engineering Lab, University of Zurichonl

In this experiment you play a strategy and simulation game called "Hortus". The game is of the same genre (but more simplified) as Sim City or Civilization. The entire experiment consists of playing the game (approx. 60-90min) and doing some tests (approx. 30min). These parts can be done separately. The experiment is for adults only (age 19 - 45). By taking part in this experiment, you play an active part in improving new learning experiences!
For adults age 19 - 45 only

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Personality Psychology :: in English

:: 09. 12. 2008 ::

Racial Identity, Dating, and Afrocentrism ::

Michelle Ocen
Barry University

This study will examine relations between racial identity, dating, and views about the Afrocentric worldview among individuals of African descent.

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 16. 04. 2008 ::

The Video Experiment ::

Joshua Hartshorne, Tal Makovski
Harvard University & The University of Minnesotaonli

Watch a short video and take a few brief memory tests. Takes 5-10 min.
Takes 5-10 minutes

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Social Psychology :: in English

:: 12. 05. 2008 ::

Predicting Interest on Dates ::

Skyler Place
Indiana University

This study tests your ability to predict if a couple on a first date is interested in one another. Answer questions concerning your own interest in dating the people you see and how interested you think the people are in each other. Get feedback on your ability to predict who likes who! Takes 20 minutes.
Must be 18 yeard old.

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Personality Psychology :: in English

:: 20. 05. 2008 ::

Being real: When do you feel most/least like your true self? ::

Alison Lenton, Martin Bruder, Constantine Sedikides
University of Edinburgh

What makes people feel genuine and real (as opposed to inauthentic and false)? What is the nature of that experience? We'd like to learn from your experiences! Tell us about a time when you felt 'most me' or 'least me.'

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Cognitve Psychology :: in English

:: 21. 05. 2008 ::

Reasoning about novel strangers ::

Cristina Moya, Robert Boyd, Clark Barrett, Joe Manson
UCLAe>