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Dr. Timothy Rickard is conducting a research study to gain more knowledge about human learning and skill acquisition. You have been asked to participate in this study because you are a UCSD student and because you have been selected randomly from the psychology subject pool to participate. There will be approximately 1400 participants in this study.

The purpose of this study is to learn more about how people learn and acquire new cognitive skills. If you agree to be in this study, you will perform memory tasks and (or) solve problems at a computer terminal or using paper and pencil. You will receive one-hour of experimental credit for each hour of participation. Each session will last no more than 1 hour. You will be involved in no more than three sessions.

Participation in this study may involve some risks or discomforts. These include the following:
1. A potential for the loss of confidentiality. The risk is very low, however. No identifying information is included in the data that will be used in analyses. All copies of consent forms will be stored in a secure location. Research records will be kept confidential to the extent allowed by law. Research records may be reviewed by the UCSD Institutional Review Board.
2. There is potential for minor fatigue. The maximum one-hour duration of each session minimizes this risk.

Because this is a research study, there may also be some unknown risks that are currently unforseeable. You will be told if any important new information is found during the course of this study that may affect your wanting to continue.

Participation in research is entirely voluntary. You may refuse to participate, withdraw or refuse to answer specific questions at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are entitled. If you decide that you no longer wish to continue this study, you are required to inform the experimenter as soon as your decision is made.

If you decide not to participate, you will have the opportunity to receive equivalent course credit by completing an assignment related to one of the psychology courses in which you are currently enrolled. Should you choose that alternative, contact your instructor for guidance.

There may or may not be any direct benefit to you from participating this study. The investigator, however, may learn more about human learning and skill acquisition, and society may benefit from this knowledge.

The PI may remove you from the study without your consent if the PI feels that is in your best interest or the best interest of the study. For example, you may be withdrawn from the study if you do not follow the instructions given to you by the study personnel.

You will not receive monetary compensation for participating in this research. You will receive one-hour of course credit fro each completed experimental session.

There will be no cost to you for participating in this study.

If you are injured as a direct result of participation in this research, the University of California will provide any medical care you need to treat those injuries. You may call the Human Research Protections Program office at (858-246-HRPP (858-246-4777)) for more information about this, to inquire about your rights as a research subject, or to report research-related problems.

Timothy Rickard, Steven Pan, Jarrett Lovelett, or Derek Stoeckenius has explained this study to you and answered your questions. If you have other questions or research-related problems, you may reach Timothy Rickard at 858-822-0122.

If you would like to save a copy of the consent form, please print this page.

If you agree to participate, please click the button below.

This is a Two-Part SONA Study.
This study is worth a total of 1.0 CREDITS, which you will earn so long as you:
1. Complete PART 1 NOW.
2. Complete PART 2 at your assigned time.
You should have registered for both parts (A/B) on SONA, and you should check your SONA-linked email account for study emails. You must complete each part ON THE DAY that you receive the emailed link.
By signing up, you are COMMITTING TO COMPLETING BOTH PARTS ON TIME.
PLEASE CHECK THAT YOUR CELL PHONE IS SILENT (not vibrate) at this time.
Press click the button to confirm you understand.

Please be advised: Your complete ATTENTION and FOCUS is required to participate in this experiment!
That means that you need to CONCENTRATE and do the absolute best that you can.
If you are unable to do so, please do not continue the experiment.
Click below if you are able to participate.

Today you will be learning word pairs, one pair at a time.
Please CLOSELY STUDY each pair that you see, and commit it to MEMORY.
Please make sure your screen is in FULL SIZE or the pairs will not display properly.

Before starting the study, please type the following as one line into the text box below
(capitalization, spacing, and punctuation must be exact):
I understand this is a 2 part experiment AND will only receive credit upon completion of the second part of the study.

The experiment will now begin.

You will now see the same pairs again…

For some pairs it will say:
STUDY THIS pair.
This gives you more time to memorize.

For other pairs you will be shown one of the words and asked to recall the second.
You will have 6 seconds to TYPE the second word.
Please type a response even if you don't remember a word.

For other pairs you will be shown one of the words and asked to recall the second.
You will have 5 seconds to TYPE the second word.
After 5 seconds the correct answer will appear for 1 seconds.
Please pay close ATTENTION to the answer.
Please type a response even if you don't remember a word.

You will now add two digit numbers.

Earlier you memorized many pairs, such as shoe-foot.
Today we will assess your memory for those pairs.

Each pair will now be shown as a question, such as shoe-???.
Please type the ONE WORD answer that best answers that question.

If you are not sure exactly how to SPELL the correct answer, please still type it out as best as you can.
Try to be as ACCURATE as you can.
Note: CAPITALIZATION does not matter.

Please do your best to answer each question,
while being as ACCURATE as possible.
Please make sure your screen is in FULL SIZE or the pairs will not display properly.

Study this pair.

Enter the target word. Please write something even if you don't think you remember.

Enter target word here:

Enter the answer here:

Enter your demographic information here:

Age:

Sex Assigned at Birth:
Male
Female

Did the experiment crash or anything weird happen? Please describe below if anything did.