DEBRIEFING FORM
‘Gender biases in language use’
Thank you for your participation in this research study. For this
study, it was important that we withheld information about certain
aspects of the experiment. Now that your participation is completed,
we will fully disclose the information to you, why it was important,
answer any of your questions, and provide you with the opportunity to
make a decision on whether you would like to have your data included
in this study.
What you should know about this study
Our study was investigating the social biases that influence our use
of language in describing events. We asked participants to formulate
sentences in which people of different genders were taking part in a
certain transitive event. We were interested in whether, when
participants produced sentences, they were more likely to place one
or the other gender as the subject or agent in the sentence. We also
wanted to know if such a bias varied based on the form of the sentence
(e.g., an active versus a passive sentence). We did not tell you this
in advance, based on the possibility that you might consciously avoid
mentioning one gender first, or consciously choose to mention a
particular gender first.
Right to withdraw data
You may choose to withdraw the data you provided prior to debriefing,
without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled.
If you have questions
The main researcher conducting this study is Hugh Rabagliati, a Professor
at the University of Edinburgh, Department of Psychology. If you have
any questions about this study or your participation, you may contact
hugh.rabagliati@ed.ac.uk. If you have any questions or concerns
regarding your rights as a research participant in this study, you
may contact the PPLS ethics committee at ppls.ethics@ed.ac.uk.
Please do not disclose research procedures and/or purpose to anyone
who might participate in this study in the future as this could affect
the results of the study.
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