First, tell me which study you want to do (that is.wbich second independent variable you find most interesting). You can use one of the ideas above or come up with a unique one on your own. There are also other "possible" ideas in your Week 7 lab PowerPoint presentation. I prefer your own ideas, but if you really like one I mentioned you can use it. You still need to give me two more things, though.

Second, give me a reference for one peer reviewed research article that has something to do with this second variable. This article does not have to involve Source Credibility at all, but it must have something to do with your second independent variable . Third, give me a hypothesis for what you expect to occur if your new independent variable is chosen for the class project. What do you predict just for that independent variable? What do you predict in terms of the interaction of that new independent variable with your original Student Author versus Professor Author independent variable?

Study that I chose A fourth idea, and one I think is interesting, is to give participants information that the essay topic (pro-Al use) was either chosen by the author or assigned to the author. This can bring in research regarding the Fundamental Attribution Error (which you know a little about since I added that "error" to the crash course quizzes you have completed this semester!). Essentially, people tend to attribute other people's behavior to the internal characteristics of that other person (rather than the situation). It is possible that research participants may think that someone who takes a pro-Al stance actually has that attitude (regardless of whether the person chose that essay topic or was assigned the topic). The interesting idea here is whether source credibility might interact with the Fundamental Attribution Error idea. Would participants see the Professor Author as more credible when the essay topic was assigned to versus the essay topic was chosen by the Professor? What about the student author? If I had to guess, I would think the chosen vs. assigned manipulation would not impact participant assessments, but that is merely a guess. That's why we run actual experiments!