An experimental investigation of how power posing affects students concentration at BCU

Experimenter check list

Preparing for collecting data

Which experiment are you doing? Power Posing (Standing) or Duchenne smile (Multitasking)

-If you are doing Duchenne smile, make sure you get 3 sets of chopsticks from the Workshop leader.

What is the random order of your conditions?

The first participant I run will be in condition:

The second participant I run will be in condition:

The third participant I run will be in condition:

Before you start finding participants make sure you go to the Moodle page and reread the information sheet. You can have a look at the experiment by typing “TEST” in the experimenter ID box but do not press Submit.

Decide where you are going to have your participants take part, remember this has to be on the university campus. You can book rooms in Curzon here https://libcal.bcu.ac.uk/reserve/curzon.

Make sure you have a computer with an internet connection. You can use a university computer (Laptop or Desktop). Make sure you can play sound and the environment allows participants to hear the videos. Unlike in the seminar the participant will watch the video embedded in the study on the computer screen.

When asking people to take part in the study remember they have to be current BCU students but they CANNOT be studying Psychology.

Set up

· Set up the computer, if it is a laptop ensure it has enough battery or is plugged in.

· Open a browser and check that the YouTube videos play, and the sound is working.

· Log into Your Moodle account.

· Go to PSY4032 Moodle page, go to the Chapter 3 section.

· Click on the link for the correct condition for your participant i.e. Standing condition 1, Standing condition 2, Standing condition 3, Multitasking condition 1, Multitasking condition 2 or Multitasking condition 3.

· Enter your student number in the “Experimenters student ID Number” box

Invite the Participant in

· Ask the participant to read the information sheet and answer the questions.

· If they decide not to take part, thank the participant for their time. And find a different participant.

· If they are willing to take part, ask the participant if they have any questions before they start.

· Make sure they know can withdraw at any point.

· Ensure the participant knows how long to hold the pose for.

· Let the participant start the study.

· Be on-hand in case they have any questions or there is a problem. Endure they are following the instructions but respect their space. Do not look at the screen when they are completing the questionnaire.

· When the experiment is over give them time to read the debrief.

· Thank the participant and ask if they have any questions.