School of Psychology

Research Experimenters

The subject pool is for Florida Tech faculty and graduate student use only. In order to have your study posted, you must have proper approval from the university's Institutional Review Board (IRB). The IRB homepage has information on Florida Tech's policies and guidelines for human subjects research as well as the proper forms that will need to be submitted to have a project approved.

Once approval has been granted, download and fill out the Request for Permission to use the Introductory Psychology Subject Pool and e-mail as an attachment to: Dr. Vanessa Edkins, vedkins@fit.edu.

Request for Permission form

Use of the Subject Pool

The Introduction to Psychology class has a 10 credit, Research/Experiential Activities requirement of which experiment participation is one option.  Credits for research study participation are calculated as 1 credit for attendance (this does not apply to online studies) plus 1 credit per 30 minutes (or portion thereof) of time spent in the study location - e.g., a 45 minute study would be worth 3 credits.  If a student fails to show up for a scheduled study or to cancel at least 2 hours in advance of the session, you must deduct 3 points.  The proper procedure would be to send an e-mail to Introduction to Psychology instructors with "Failure to appear for experiment session" in the subject line and the name of the student in the body of the e-mail message.  This semester's Introduction to Psychology instructors are: Apryl Alexander (aalexand@fit.edu), Matthew Merbedone (mmerbedo@fit.edu), Kyle Culver (kculver@fit.edu), and Vicki McGrady (vickiann33@yahoo.com). Download the template for the participation receipt below:

Research Participation Receipt

For students' convenience, all studies listed online will also be posted on a bulletin board in the lobby of the School of Psychology building.  It is your responsibility to collect any sign-ups that amass on the bulletin board for your study.  If you do not want your study on the bulletin board, please indicate this in an e-mail to Dr. Edkins (vedkins@fit.edu).