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Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits

Posted by Soulskill on from the top-shelf-research dept.

sciencehabit writes "In a pub on the campus of London South Bank University, you may think you're drinking an ice cold brew, but don't be too sure. A fake pub with barstools, beer pumps, and all the trappings of a real one was built on the university for psychologists to better understand how and why we drink. Hidden cameras and a cheerful staff — who are undercover psychology students — help analyze behavior when customers, or test subjects, pay a visit."

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  1. Fake-y Bubbles by smittyoneeach · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fake-y Bubbles
    In your glass
    Make ya wanna
    Scrape your [sorry, couldn't think of a rhyme]
    Burma Shave

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  2. Psychology students as waiters by SpankiMonki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great! Now the students will have some training for the jobs they'll end up in anyway after graduating with a psych degree.

    1. Re:Psychology students as waiters by Jmc23 · · Score: 1, Funny

      um, that's too good of a job for someone with a psych degree.

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  3. Re:So a fake pub with drinks and a place to sit by Centurix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Designing software on the back of a coaster is Science! More drinks!

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  4. We call this Pervy Spying IRL by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 1, Funny

    That said, how much is a pint of hard cider?

    Without IRB consent forms signed by people who are fully informed, this is an ethical violation and a violation of research study protocols.

    But, hey, let's just throw some drones and post the vids of their "behavioural studies" onto the Internet, shall we?

    Who cares if it violates the Magna Carta?

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  5. Re:So a fake pub with drinks and a place to sit by mjwx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, psychologists will frown upon any research where the subjects do not know they are part of a research project.

    Note, the subjects do not need to know (and shouldn't know) the actual research being done, just that they're part of a research project. Usually they're told that the researchers are testing one thing, while it's something entirely different that's really being tested.

    WANTED:

    Subjects for experiment who cant tell the difference between market research and an organ harvesting operation.

    Healthy type-o adults only.

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  6. No, it's obviously fake. by Any+Web+Loco · · Score: 2, Funny

    The clue was "cheerful staff" :-/