Research Symposium

BIO

A motivated and personable 2nd year student eager to join research teams targeting congestive heart failure and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. I personally feel that the secret to success is knowledge, and I strive to align my passion for medicine with my desire to promote and support the best quality of life. Exploring medicine turned my tentativeness into personal resilience, my selfconsciousness into tenacity, and my fears into courage. Through that, I expect to use all these characteristics and traits as a lifelong learner.

Does the introduction of elliptical responses prime participants to respond in an elliptical manner?

Abstract

With this research project, we wanted to understand why people frequently give elliptical, linguistically empty answers to questions. We investigated the cognitive and social aspects that influence our decision to respond in an elliptical manner (or not). During this experiment, the participant and experimenter will take turns asking each other general questions. The experimenter will respond elliptically to determine if that will prime the participant's response. Based on their responses, we researched whether social factors shape our choice to make an elliptical response. When gathering data & information, we hypothesize that social factors will shape the participant's choice to make elliptical responses.

Keywords: elliptical responses, priming, psychology