University Of Newcastle: A Social Study Of Humour

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You're invited to take part in our psychological study looking at the relationship between humour and personality. This is a three part study, which involves first completing two 45 minute questionnaires and then taking part in a 45 minute face-to-face comedy workshop (located at the CALLAGHAN or OURIMBAH campus depending on which is closest to you), which will be a fun and interactive experience run by a talented upcoming comedian. YOU WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR YOUR TIME. If you're interested, please keep reading!

Humour is a very important part of human social life, and everyone is different in the ways that they use and respond to humour. We're interested in finding out how a person's personality and experiences affect the ways in which they use and experience humour, and how humour affects their experiences of others.

If you participate in our research, you will be given the choice of receiving a FREE $25 GIFT VOUCHER, or you can choose to be entered into a raffle to win ONE OF THREE $250 GIFT VOUCHERS!

*NOTE: YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A STUDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS STUDY! *

MORE DETAILS:

HOW DO I SIGN UP?
1. Click the blue 'Sign Up' link on this Facebook page, at the top right part of the page.
2. This link will take you to SONA, the website that the questionnaire is completed via. You will need to make a SONA account to complete the questionnaires - but bear with us, it's very easy! Simply:
- Enter in your details and select 'request account'
- Your login information (username and password) will be sent to the email that you supplied.
- Follow the link in the email and enter your username and the password sent and click Log In
- Accept the Human Subjects / Privacy Policy and then continue to the SONA system.
- On the next screen, Click on the “YES, Start Prescreen” link and answer 3 multiple choice questions on your age, gender and cultural background.
- The next screen with show a summary of your choices. Click on the link “Save Prescreen” to enter into your new profile page.
3. Click the big green 'VIEW AVAILABLE STUDIES'. Find our study - 'A Social Study of Humour PT 1 Volunteer (Paolini, Galvez & Erskine)' in bold blue font and click on it. This will direct you to our first questionnaire for you to complete. Note that you will also be required to sign up for parts 2 and 3 after completing part 1.
4. Click the big green 'View Time Slots for this Study' at the bottom of the page, click 'Sign up' on the next page, and then 'Complete Survey Now' on the page after that.

FOR A DIRECT LINK TO OUR STUDY (WHICH YOU CAN ONLY USE ONCE YOU HAVE MADE A SONA ACCOUNT) CLICK HERE: https://newcastle. sona-systems.com/default. aspx?p_return_experiment_id=928.
You'll have to login with you SONA details, and then you'll be redirected to our study.

**NOTE: After making a SONA account, if you cannot find our study under the list of available studies, this unfortunately means that you’re not eligible to participate due to certain demographics you possess. We're very sorry if this is the case - but don't worry, there are plenty of other interesting studies available on SONA that you can sign up for which will also reimburse you for your time. **

WHAT WILL I BE ASKED TO DO?
1. Session 1 online questionnaire: Fill out an online questionnaire 1, which will take about 40 mins.
2. Fill out a second online questionnaire, which should take about 40 minutes to complete.
3. Attend a 45 minute comedy workshop at the University of Newcastle CALLAGHAN OR OURIMBAH CAMPUS run by an upcoming comedian.

Will my responses be confidential?
Yes. The responses you provide during the study will not be linked to any personally identifying information and will remain confidential to the research team. Some of the questions in this study may be of a personal or sensitive nature. However, you will be given the option not to answer these questions.

What are my rights as a participant?
Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary. You can end your participation at any time without giving any reason or penalty.

Further Information
If you have any comments or queries, or if you require further information, please contact:
Cinthia Galvez on Cinthia. GalvezMorales@uon. edu. au and /or Ellen Erskine on ellen. erskine@uon. edu. au, or Dr. Stefania Paolini, Project Supervisor, on Stefania. Paolini@newcastle. edu. au

OR message us on this Facebook page, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!