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Klein, Kitty; Cheuvront, Brian – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Investigates the amount of disclosure by undergraduate psychology students concerning their experience as research participants. Examines students' anticipated disclosure, and actual disclosure rates immediately after experiments and following a two-week interval. Shows disclosure rates were highest (85 percent) when students were promised…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Disclosure, Experimental Psychology, Higher Education

Ferraro, F. Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Summarizes the use of field experiments designed to investigate personal space invasion. States that the experiments were designed and conducted by introductory psychology students and complemented by classroom lectures. Reports that the experiments provided an understanding of personal space, personal space invasion, and the implications…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Field Instruction

Barber, Nigel – Teaching of Psychology, 1994
Reports on the use of participant modeling in a study of 56 college-level students to reduce fear of laboratory rats. Discovers that even mild exposure reduced fear significantly. Finds that women were more fearful initially but that their fear reduction was equal to that of men. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Experimental Psychology, Females