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...relationship between physical and psychological warmth, the researchers conducted two experiments. The first involved a group of 41 undergraduates who were taken by elevator to a fourth floor room. During the ride, a research assistant who was unaware of the study's hypotheses, handed the test subject either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form on a clipboard. The drink was then handed back. When the subjects arrived at the testing room, they were presented with a personality profile describing "Person A" and asked to rate that...
...second experiment, done under the guise of a product-evaluation test, participants were asked to hold heated or frozen packs used to treat muscle aches. They were then told they could receive a gift certificate for a friend, or a gift for themselves. Those who held the hot pack proved to be more likely to ask for the gift certificate for a friend, while those who held the frozen pack tended to keep the gift...
...research grant for semiconductors from the Army Research Office was coming up for renewal, and he needed to actually do some research related to semiconductors if he wanted to avoid getting himself in hot water...
...remembers borrowing $1,100 to get himself through Ole Miss. He's appalled by the $10 trillion national debt, but he's an economic populist who doesn't assume government spending is bad. He believes that Republicans convinced many Southerners that Democrats don't share their values because of hot-button culture issues like guns--he doesn't mention race--but he has an A rating from the NRA, and he considers himself the essence of Mississippi values. "I'm a mainstream Democrat, a rural Democrat, a middle-of-the-road Democrat," he says...
Students enjoyed fall’s bounty in the form of local apples, cider, squash soup made from locally grown vegetables, and hot chocolate, provided by HUDS...