John I wonder- it is an empirical question though (leave me out of the participant pool!). Perhaps if folks believed that they could do something (they can) to minimize the damage they might "try harder" (flap their arms, spread out more, etc). I do agree that the motivation isn't likely stronger! But belief and placebo have surprised us before (I hope that a degree of seriousness is perceived in conjunction with a bit of tongue inserted firmly in cheek). :) Likely, speculation is all we can have here though as I'm pretty sure that our IRB won't approve this experiment. Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Serafin, John [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:01 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Are parachutes effective? I imagine that, in contrast to some of the other research recently discussed here, the placebo effect might not be getting stronger in this field of research? John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=1319 or send a blank email to leave-1319-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
