Participants in this study consisted of 14 undergraduate students from a research methods psychology laboratory held on Wednesdays from 1:30pm to 3:30pm during the spring 2018 semester at Simon Fraser University. There were __ males and __ females ranging from the ages of __ to __ years, with a mean age of __. The participants were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. The experimental group was given the yellow paper condition, different from the control group who were given the white paper condition. __ males and __ females took part in the yellow paper condition with a total of __ participants. Whereas __ males and __ females participated in the white paper condition with a total of __ participants. Identical …show more content…
The experiment will be conducted twice to separate groups to eliminate hypothesis suspicion. Participants in the yellow paper condition will stay seated in the classroom, meanwhile the participants in the white paper condition will wait outside the classroom. Before starting the experiment, participants are given the consent form to complete. At the start of the yellow paper condition, participants are told they will be reading a paragraph about photography techniques and will be answering a follow-up questionnaire regarding the reading. Readings on the yellow paper will be administered to the participants and are given 3 minutes, starting from the last person to receive the reading, to read. At the end of the 3 minutes, all papers are collected back, then the questionnaire on pastel yellow paper is handed out. Participants are given 3 minutes, starting from the last person to receive the questionnaire, to complete and answer the questions. Once 3 minutes has passed, all questionnaires are collected back and participants are thanked for their time and told to head out of the classroom. Participants in the white paper condition are told to come in and take a seat. All procedures are done in the same fashion as with the yellow paper condition. However, participants are given readings and questionnaire on standard white paper. In the end, participants in the yellow paper condition are asked to come back to the classroom to debrief along with the participants in the white paper condition. All participants are asked if they knew what the hypothesis was to check for any hypothesis suspicion. Lastly, all participants are debriefed of the experiment and are thanked for their time