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Experiment	Supervisor	Experimenter	Description
1610	Adam Meade	Gabriel Pappalardo	3 credits. 75-90 minutes. In this study, you will complete a managerial decision making exercise in which you are presented with a number of scenarios to which you have to respond. You will also complete a series of surveys and a computer-based task.
1645	Thomas Hess	Tonya Elliott & Lauren Popham	Male, 18 years or older, and English as native language. 4 credits. Males only. In this study, we are interested in how people learn new material. You will be asked to (a) complete a variety of questionnaires, (b) take a few tests designed to assess certain aspects of ability, and (c) view and provide impressions of videos and other visual materials. This study should take no more than 2 hours and you will receive 4 credits. Once you sign-up for a session, we will send you an email containing a link that will direct you to the pre-testing questionnaire to be filled out prior to your session. Please check your NCSU email account because we will send the link to that email address within one or two days. If you have any questions regarding the pre-testing questionnaire, do not hesitate to contact us at adultdevelopmentlab@gmail.com or Lauren Popham at lepopham@gmail.com.
1746	Lynne Baker-Ward	Nancy Warren	at least 18 years old + native speaker of English + not have participated in experiment 1747 Must be 18 years old, a native speaker of English, AND not have participated in experiment 1747. This is a study examining word association among young adults. It is a web-based survey and should take about 60 minutes. You will receive two Experimetrix credits for your participation. To avoid error, please make sure you have time to complete the entire survey when you sign up.
1573	Adam Meade	Amy DuVernet and Tom Whelan	This is a study that explores how different measures of personality are related in a Web-based survey. Your participation in this study will involve completing a survey online. The duration of this study will be approximately 45 minutes, and participants will be awarded 2 points for participation.
1641	Mary E Haskett, PhD	Andrea V. McPherson	Students under the age of 18 are not eligible to participate in this study. 3 credits. Students under the age of 18 are not eligible to participate in this study. The purpose of this study is to measure stress and coping in the NCSU undergraduate population. If you wish to participate in this study you must commit to two different time slots and days -- more specifically, you will be spending 45-60 minutes completing surveys on day one and then return 7 days later for 10 minutes to complete a final survey. You will receive 3 credits; credits will be issued once BOTH PARTS are completed! This study should take approximately 60 - 75 minutes to complete both parts. You will only sign up for part 1 on this website; you will sign up for part 2 in person.
1638	Bart Craig	Ruchi K. Patel	Must be employed, with access to a computer and the internet. The purpose of this study is to understand internet use and related individual characteristics and situational factors. Please take this survey only once. You must be currently employed, with access to a computer and internet.
1728	Anne Collins McLaughlin	Michelle Bryant	Please Click the Link to the Online Screening Survey to Determine Eligibility 6 credits. Must fill out screening survey to determine if eligible (see website link). If eligible, you will practice manipulating 3-D objects and placing them in a box using a video game. The Pretest Session will last approximately an hour and a half and earn you 1 credit. 10 days later, the Post Test Session will take approximately an hour and a half and earn you 5 more research credits. Between those two sessions you will be asked to play about one hour of a video game each day. The sessions are 10 days apart. You must be right-handed to participate. Follow this link to see if you are eligible: http://ceres.cals.ncsu.edu/surveybuilder/Form.cfm?testID=8959
1739	Dr. Chris Mayhorn	Eric Carpenter	Participants must be 18-28 years old, must participate in experiment 1749 the next day, and must have no experience with blood glucometers. Participants will be asked to complete a variety of surveys and cognitive tests, and will then be asked to perform a task with a piece of unfamiliar technology. This research is targeting adults between 18-28 years of age. The experiment will require two sessions, and should take no longer than 2.5 hours total. Students will receive 5 credits at the completion of the experiment.
1737	Adam Meade	Natalie Wright	4 credits. The purpose of this study is to find out some information about a new series of tests that may one day be used to hire applicants for jobs. If you choose to participate, you will complete several tests that measure important job abilities such as trainability, cognitive ability, and task-switching ability. You will also be asked to provide feedback about your feelings toward the tests. The process will take from 90-120 minutes to complete.
1751	Adam Meade	Adam Meade	2 credits. This study involves fun and interesting computer-based reaction time measures of personality. These new techniques have not been previously used to measure personality before.
1754	Amy G. Halberstadt	Ashley Craig, M.S.	Must be at least 18 years old. Both of your parents must be a part of your life, even if infrequently. . This study will require participation at two time points. The first time will require you to come to the lab, complete a variety of surveys about your stress and your family, as well as brief interviews. The second part of the study will require you to fill out a brief online survey. You will receive 4 credits after completing both sessions.
1736	Christopher Mayhorn	Patrick Nyeste	In this 3 credit study, you will be asked to complete several questionnaires and tests profiling your personality and computer experience. After the questionnaires, you will be role-playing a computer user and you will be asked to come back 1 week later to role-play the same computer user again. It should take no more than 1.5 hours (90 minutes) in total for you to complete this study. (This first part has shown an average of 40 minutes) You will get 1 credit for the first week and the full 3 credits when you finish study 1738 a week later (~20min). Once you have signed up, please visit the posted URL and fill out the questionnaires before you come in at the appointed time.
1723	Thomas Hess	Tonya Elliott	In this study, we are interested in how people learn new material. During the testing session you will complete a series of tasks. This study will last approximately 1.5 hours and you will receive 3 credits. Once you have signed up for a session please visit, the posted URL to complete a set of pre-testing questionnaires. You can either print the completed pdf and bring it with you to your session or email the completed pdf to tlelliot@ncsu.edu as an attachment.
1747	Lynne Baker-Ward	Nancy Warren	18 years old + native speaker of English + not participated in experiment 1746 Must be 18 years old, a native speaker of English, AND not have participated in experiment 1746. This is a study examining word association among young adults. It is a web-based survey and should take about 60 minutes. You will receive two Experimetrix credits for your participation. To avoid error, please make sure you have time to complete the entire survey when you sign up.
1752	Douglas J. Gillan	Yanne T. Dubois	This Experiment Must Be Completed with Experiment 1753 **THIS EXPERIMENT MUST BE COMPLETED WITH EXPERIMENT 1753** This is Experiment 1 of 2. 3 Credits total / 1 of 3 credits. 15 minutes. In this study, you will search information on websites, complete questionnaires about your computer experience and your emotion response to computers, and complete reasoning and memory tests. For this 1st part of the study, you will receive an email with a participant number and the URL access to the short online questionnaire within 24 hours after you have signed-up. Then, you will be able to sign-up for part 2 of this study (Experiment 1753), which will occur in Poe 600-B. People who are not familiar with computers are greatly encouraged to participate in this study. **BEFORE COMPLETING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, YOU MUST WAIT TO RECEIVE A PARTICIPANT NUMBER **
1749	Chris Mayhorn	Eric Carpenter	previously participated in experiment 1739 This experiment is part 2 of experiment 1739. Tasks performed during this session will be similar to those done in part 1.