CSU Northridge: Offer of Chocolate Changes the Way Students See a Professor, Study Finds
Can the simple offer of chocolate from a stranger change the way students view their professors, particularly at evaluation time?
The answer is yes, according to a soon-to-be published study by Cal State Northridge assistant professor of psychology Robert Youmans and Benjamin D. Jee, a researcher at Northwestern University. Their study, “Fudging the Numbers: Distributing Chocolate Influences Student Evaluations of an Undergraduate Course,” is expected to appear in the fall edition of the journal Teaching of Psychology.
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