Eastern Kentucky University
Contrast Effects and Graduate School Applications
Institution
Eastern Kentucky University
Faculty Advisor/ Mentor
Rose Perrine
Abstract
In the present study, I will explore the effect of contrast on judgments of graduate school applications. Participants will be students from Eastern Kentucky University. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a positive or negative condition and will rate the hypothetical graduate school application. Subjects in a positive context condition will view and rate a good application first and then will rate the average application. Subjects in the negative context condition will view a poor application first, and then will rate the average application. I hypothesize that subjects who view the good applications first will rate the average application lower than those who view the poor application first.
Contrast Effects and Graduate School Applications
In the present study, I will explore the effect of contrast on judgments of graduate school applications. Participants will be students from Eastern Kentucky University. Subjects will be randomly assigned to a positive or negative condition and will rate the hypothetical graduate school application. Subjects in a positive context condition will view and rate a good application first and then will rate the average application. Subjects in the negative context condition will view a poor application first, and then will rate the average application. I hypothesize that subjects who view the good applications first will rate the average application lower than those who view the poor application first.