My tongue is as firmly planted in my cheek as is Tim's, but here's at least a partial placebo for this study
http://tinyurl.com/yjkjfp8 These folks are goof-balls (IMHO). Geez, I wouldn't want to be in either in the experimental group or the placebo group. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] From: "Shearon, Tim" <[email protected]> Reply-To: TIPS posts <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:07 -0400 To: TIPS posts <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [tips] Are parachutes effective? 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 --- 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=1322 or send a blank email to leave-1322-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
