Groups & Cooperation
Debriefing Form

Thank you for participating in this study! Your participation is extremely important to our research.

The purpose of this study is to examine how people think and feel about working with members of other groups on important projects. We asked you to review a press release. You read one of several versions of the press release. We then examined a number of dependent variables, including your ratings of preference to work with members of the other group, and some demographic information. We expect that people’s preference to work with members of other groups might vary based on the type of press release they read.

Because this is an ongoing research project at CUNY we ask that you please do NOT discuss your experiences here today with other students at CUNY or other individuals. The quality of the research depends on participants being unaware of the study procedures and hypotheses until after their participation is complete.

If you would like to learn about the results of the study once we have them or if you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact the principal investigator, Justine Calcagno, via email at jcalcagno@gc.cuny.edu. If you have any questions concerning your rights as a participant in this study, you may contact the Hunter College Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Office at (212) 650-3053 or via email at hrpp@hunter.cuny.edu.