The volunteer subject

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Rosenthal, Robert, 1933-2024, Rosnow, Ralph L. (Author)
Corporate Author:	Alexander Street (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	New York, Wiley [1975]
Subjects:	Human experimentation in psychology. Volunteers > Psychology. Human experimentation in medicine. Psychology, Experimental. Experimental design. Human Experimentation Psychology, Experimental Research Design Expérimentation humaine en psychologie. Plan d'expérience. Expérimentation humaine en médecine. Psychologie expérimentale. Human experimentation in medicine Experimental design Human experimentation in psychology Volunteers > Psychology Proefpersonen. Experimentele psychologie. Psicologia Experimental. Psychology > Experiments > Use of volunteer subjects Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. Volunteer bias
The reliability of volunteering
2. Characteristics of the volunteer subject
Assessing the nonvolunteer
Sex
Birth order
Sociability
Extraversion
Self-disclosure
Altruism
Achievement need
Approval need
Conformity
Authoritarianism
Conventionality
Arousal-seeking
Anxiety
Psychopathology
Intelligence
Education
Social class
Age
Marital status
Religion
Size of town of origin
Summary of volunteer characteristics
3. Situational determinants of volunteering
Material incentives
Aversive tasks
Guilt, happiness, and competence
Normative expectations
Public versus private commitment
Prior acquaintanceship
Recruiter characteristics
Task importance
Subject interest
Organizational and interpersonal bonds
Expectation of favorable evaluation
Summary of situational determinants of volunteering
Suggestions for the reduction o volunteer bias
4. Implications for the interpretation of research findings
An ethical dilemma
The threat to robustness
Motivational differences and representativeness
The threat to the validity of inferred causality
5. Empirical research on voluntarism as an artifact
Independent variable
Exploratory research
Type-I and Type-II error outcomes
The "good subject" in verbal-conditioning research
When compliance shifts to self-defense
Role expectations of volunteers and nonvolunteers
Summary of the research findings and conclusions
6. An integrative overview
The artifact-influence model
Steps in the artifact-influence process
Inferential validity as an assessment criterion
Representative research design
7. Summary
Reliability of volunteering
Assessing the nonvolunteer
Volunteer characteristics
Situational determinants
Suggestions for reducing volunteer bias
An ethical dilemma
Robustness of research findings
The artifact problem
Motivational elements
An artifact-influence model.