Characteristics of volunteers and nonvolunteers in psychological experimentation

The personality characteristics of volunteers and nonvolunteers were examined for different experimental situations. Volunteers were used for experiments dealing with learning, personality, attitude to sex, and for hypnosis. 400 students in introductory psychology were used. Significant differences...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1958-12, Vol.22 (6), p.475-479
Main Authors: Martin, R. M, Marcuse, F. L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Human
Humans
Learning
Mental Disorders
Old Medline
Personality
Personality Disorders
Psychology Education
Volunteers
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Summary:The personality characteristics of volunteers and nonvolunteers were examined for different experimental situations. Volunteers were used for experiments dealing with learning, personality, attitude to sex, and for hypnosis. 400 students in introductory psychology were used. Significant differences were found on 2 of 7 personality variables between volunteers and nonvolunteers for hypnosis. Personality differences existed between volunteers and nonvolunteers associated with different types of volunteering situations. Generalizations made from biased samples can be misleading. 16 references.
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0041496