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SECTION D: Project Purpose/ Research Question/ Objectives

In non-technical language, address the following:

1) Topic and scope of the study.

2) Research questions or hypothesis.

3) How this study will contribute to knowledge in the field.

1) The topic of this study influence of authority on individual obedience.

2) In this case, it is hypothesized that participants are potentially able to inflict higher shock values on the learner because of the authority’s influence as well as encouragement.

3) The comprehension of hoe authority influence obedience will help individuals to comprehend the reason as to why individuals are likely to follow terrible dictators, for instance Adolf Hitler, and then hoping to reducing the obedience in the same events in the future.

SECTION E: Participant Population and Recruitment

E1. In non-technical language, address the following:

1) Who will the participants be? How many participants? What ages will the participants be?

2) What is the inclusion/exclusion criteria for participants?

3) Where and how participants will be recruited?

1) The Participants of this study will consist of only adult males

2) The ages of these male participants will typically range from 20 years to 50 years old and these participants ought to be naïve or must not be aware that the study aims at obedience.

3) The assumption is that the Participants will only be aware that they are taking part in a memory study.

The Participants of this study will be recruited through a newspaper where they will be offered $4.50 just to participate ..

SECTION F: Research Design

In non-technical language, address the following:

1) State the study activities in chronological order. Describe both the activities conducted by members of the research team and the activities of research participants. (e.g., screening, survey, taking a test, answering questions in an interview, completing a specific task, tasks on a computer, running on a treadmill, debriefing, etc.) If videotaping, photographs, or audio-taping will take place, explain how and why recording will occur.

2) Explain how the data will be analyzed or studied; that is, indicate the quantitative or qualitative data analysis methods you will use.

3) Explain how the data will be reported in order to maintain the confidentiality or anonymity of participants (i.e. aggregated, anonymously, names used with consent, participants only identified by professional role, etc.).

1) The initial stage of this study will involve provision of consent by the research team to the participants. After that, the participant will be allowed to draw a straw stating where they will play the role of the teacher. After that, the researchers will provide an explanation of the word pairing process to the participant together with the shock generator. An explanation is then provided by the researchers concerning the fact that despite the shocks being painful, they aren’t strong enough to result in lasting harm to the learner. After that, the authority asks the participant to start, ask learner to recall word pairs. The participant will then be provided by a prod that help in encouraging them to continue. Debriefing of the participant is then done in addition to providing the participant with an interview that is basically open-ended questions, projective measures, as well as personality questionnaire. The introduction of the participant is then done by the researcher followed by an explanation that it was all fake and the actor received no shock at all. After that, it is important to counsel the Participants to prevent any disarrayed emotions on their side.

2) The results of the study will depend on the analysis of the stopping point of the participant (discontinuation of the shock), reactions as well as the behaviors as the experiment progresses

3) The identities of the participants is private and confidential.

SECTION G: Data Collection