School of Psychology [UoA]

Ethics Approval Check List for Research Participation Scheme
Complete this form and include it with your study’s submission for ethical approval.
Ethical approval is required before a study can be made live [visible to participants] on SONA.
Either enter text, or circle options that apply.
1 / Study Type / One-part / Two-part
2 / Study Name
Display name as seen on “Available Studies” list /

3 / Brief Abstract
Short summary of experiment.
[max: 255 characters]
4 / Detailed Description
of your experiment
[max: 15000 characters] /

5 / Eligibility Requirement
If not covered by prescreen restrictions
6/7 / Duration/Credits
Experiment Duration.
[ Pay is never used within SONA ] / 15 minutes
0.5credits / 30 minutes
1.0 credits / 45 minutes
1.5credits / 60 minutes
2.0 credits
75 minutes
2.5credits / 90 minutes
3.0 credits / 105 minutes
3.5credits / 120 minutes
4.0 credits
135 minutes
4.5credits / 150 minutes
5.0 credits / 165 minutes
5.5credits / 180 minutes
6.0 credits
8 / Preparation
Eg; participants are required to wear
gym shoes. /
9 / Researcher(s) /
10 / Ethics Committee Approval Code
www.abdn.ac.uk/psychology
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11 / Active Study
After approval do you
want the experiment immediately active? / Yes / No
Advanced Settings

12 / Pre-Requisites
Should participants have completed a previous experiment?
13 / Disqualifiers
Should participants be barred if they have done a previous experiment? /
14 / Study URL
Is there a web address connected to the study /
15 / Sign Up Deadline
How long before the experiment should someone be allowed to sign-up?
Default is 24 hours. /
16 / Researcher to receive email notification? / No / Yes
For cancelations and sign-ups / Yes
For cancelations ONLY
17 / Researchers Timeslots
Can researchers for this study be assigned to specific timeslots? Only applies if the study has more than one researcher.
/ Yes / No
18 / Automatic Credit
Must be set to ‘Yes’ / Yes / No

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Prescreen Restrictions

The following options are available as Pre-Screen Criteria. Only circle entries that apply:

19 / Age
“What is your age?” / 16-17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21-25 / 25-30
30-40 / 40-50 / 50 and over
20 / Hand
“What hand do you write with?” / Left / Right
21 / Vision
“Do you wear glasses or contact lenses?” / Yes / No
21 / Colour Vision
“Do you have problems with your colour vision?” / Yes / No
22 / Native speaker
“Are you a native English speaker?” / Yes
No
Prefer not to say
22 / Gender
“Please select which of the following options you currently identify as. (Gender)?” / Woman, including trans woman
Man, including trans man
Other [specify below]
Prefer not to say

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