#23 - The Milgram experiment is an entirely different manipulation, and has good reason to be against psychological practice now. However, this study is completely legitimate - a bruised ego is about the worst that the participant may have felt. People do still do these studies - the lab at my university was performing one last year (I'm taking a psychology specialist degree). The "shaking bridge study" also did this manipulation to see how many participants called a female confederate after confusing their fear of heights with arousal at the sight of the woman. The only thing that the participants *must* be made aware of is that a study may include manipulations that will not harm them psychologically (and lets face it, people ask others out and get rejected all the time without major psychological trauma) but will be revealed after the experiment has been performed - I recently was given a disclaimer that the study I was participating in included graphic violent images and that anyone in counseling should not participate (and the images were indeed disgusting), then strapped to an EEG to watch my brainwaves as I reacted to the images. If you are fairly warned, given the *degree* of potential trauma, then the experiment is legit... Sorry to the OP, though, being in one of those studies kinda sucks nevertheless.

Well, did you get a date? I fail to see the problem here.

haha #13 Anyone who says experiments are not supposed to mess with human emotions probably has not taken a psych class. One of the main ideas of psychology IS to study emotions, including feelings of attraction. Obviously they cant tell the guy that the girl is going to hit on him for the experiment, because that would mess up the results. Maybe there was some sort of disclaimer beforehand, but not enough to give away what the study was. Or, maybe the girl actually thought that the guy was a creep and made up the experiment story as an excuse not to go out with him.

omg man thats horrible

if you were surprised that a cute girl is talking to you, its probably cause your a loser and the girl is doing it as a joke or some kind of bet. and if you know your not good looking well then dont kid yourself. you deserved that for thinking she liked you.

i aint hatin. at least you made a move!!!

Ouch =/ Don't worry...she secretly wanted you.

Hahahaha. Ownt.

Informed consent. This is illegal, shenanigans!

#35, that's totally unnecessary. Now then. That sucks, but later you'll look back on it and think "that was pretty funny"