RESEARCHERS:

Jonathon McPhetres and Dr. Jamie Hughes

University of Texas of the Permian Basin

Department of Psychology

Dr. Hughes’ phone: 432-552-2345

Dr. Hughes’ email: hughes_j@utpb.edu

Mr. McPhetres’ email: mcphetres_j@utpb.edu

Mr. McPhetres’ phone: 432-552-4121





DESCRIPTION:

This study is designed to investigate how people make punishment decisions. You will be asked to read a short scenario and then respond to some questions.



EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Participants must be 18 years of age or older.



RISKS:

There is a slight possibility that you will experience unpleasant feelings during your participation in these procedures as you might find in many psychological experiments. However, you should not experience any risks other than those encountered in everyday, normal living.



BENEFITS

a) You will have an opportunity to contribute to psychological science by participating in this research.

b) Your instructor may or not provide extra credit in exchange for your participation.



This study was approved by the UTPB Ethics board on 10/22/2014, #2014-060



CONTACT PEOPLE:

If you have any questions about this research, please contact the Dr. Hughes by phone or email (432-552-2345) or Mr. McPhetres by email at mcphetres_j@utpb.edu

If you have questions about your rights as a research participant contact Jeff Dennis, the IRB chair at (432) 552-2361.



VOLUNTARY NATURE OF PARTICIPATION:

You may withdraw from the research study at any time since your participation is entirely voluntary. If you decide not to participate, there will be no penalty or loss of benefits to you to which you are otherwise entitled. If you decide to participate, you may discontinue at a later date without penalty or loss of benefits to you to which you are otherwise entitled.



CONFIDENTIALITY:

You will not be asked to report any personal information in this study. No one will be able to know which are your questionnaire responses. All data will be kept in secured files, in accord with the standards of the University, Federal regulations, and the American Psychological Association. Finally, remember that it is no individual person's responses that interest us; we are studying question about people in general. The data derived from this study could be used in reports, presentations, and publications but you will never be individually identified.





Your agreement below means that you have freely agreed to participate in this research study. You should consent only if you have read the previous or it has been read to you and you understand its contents.

