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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | Many psychological studies involve participants being asked to make – often innocuous-looking – decisions under varied conditions, such as the decision between eating a healthy snack such as an apple or a tasty snack such as a cookie. In most cases they are not made aware of the nature of the experiments being conducted, as knowing the premise of the study is liable to influence their behaviour and alter the results. Students themselves are often used as participants in these studies, as they are generally in good supply around University campuses. | |
− | + | Experiments of this type are likely to be heavily discussed and even implemented in a Psychology major's classes, which in [[Cueball]]'s case has led to him into paranoia; he assumes that [[Ponytail]]'s seemingly innocent gesture must have an ulterior motive as part of an experiment. | |
− | + | Psychologists have a great interest in the study of altruism, and whether it truly exists. Another explanation for the comic is that undergraduate psychology students, having spent too much time studying rather than interacting with people{{Citation needed}}, might start to believe that when they are shown altruism, they are unknowing participants in a psychological study. Therefore, Randall proposes that if you want to freak out a psychology student, then you should behave altruistically towards them. | |
− | + | The title text jokes that graduate students have so much work to do that they don't ponder the implications of altruism, but rather devour the food and return to their work. | |
− | The | + | The IRB that Cueball mentions is the {{w|Institutional Review Board}}, which is a committee (for example, at a university) which must approve research on human subjects in advance to protect them from harm. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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− | :Ponytail: Hey, do you want a cookie? Or an apple? | + | : [Ponytail, with a cookie in one hand and an apple in the other, approaches an alarmed Cueball.] |
− | :Cueball: '''''Who are you!? Did the IRB approve this!? Is everyone here an actor!?''''' | + | : Ponytail: Hey, do you want a cookie? Or an apple? |
− | + | : Cueball: '''''Who are you!? Did the IRB approve this!? Is everyone here an actor!?''''' | |
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+ | : [Caption under the panel:] | ||
+ | : The best prank you can play on psych majors is just to offer them a snack. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] | ||
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