Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits 118
sciencehabit writes "In a pub on the campus of London South Bank University, you may think you're drinking an ice cold brew, but don't be too sure. A fake pub with barstools, beer pumps, and all the trappings of a real one was built on the university for psychologists to better understand how and why we drink. Hidden cameras and a cheerful staff — who are undercover psychology students — help analyze behavior when customers, or test subjects, pay a visit."
Fake-y Bubbles (Score:5, Funny)
In your glass
Make ya wanna
Scrape your [sorry, couldn't think of a rhyme]
Burma Shave
Psychology students as waiters (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So a fake pub with drinks and a place to sit (Score:4, Funny)
Designing software on the back of a coaster is Science! More drinks!
Re:Psychology students as waiters (Score:2, Funny)
We call this Pervy Spying IRL (Score:1, Funny)
That said, how much is a pint of hard cider?
Without IRB consent forms signed by people who are fully informed, this is an ethical violation and a violation of research study protocols.
But, hey, let's just throw some drones and post the vids of their "behavioural studies" onto the Internet, shall we?
Who cares if it violates the Magna Carta?
Re:So a fake pub with drinks and a place to sit (Score:5, Funny)
Also, psychologists will frown upon any research where the subjects do not know they are part of a research project.
Note, the subjects do not need to know (and shouldn't know) the actual research being done, just that they're part of a research project. Usually they're told that the researchers are testing one thing, while it's something entirely different that's really being tested.
WANTED:
Subjects for experiment who cant tell the difference between market research and an organ harvesting operation.
Healthy type-o adults only.
No, it's obviously fake. (Score:3, Funny)