Procedure

- Participants arrived alone - Told cover story - Aim to carry out similar study but were waiting for ethical approval from the university - PP's instructed to write statement to convince other students to take part in the procedure - Had to use positive words 'exciting', 'incredible' - No to mention the negative effects - PPs left alone in room with computer, to write statement, a mailbox and some ethics committee forms - After 7 minutes the experimenter returned