paid research participation = good

So, I got paid $200 today for participating on the experiment. Although it was very hard to get to Midtown by 8:30am every morning for the past four days, it was totally worth it. They told me that the compensation will depend on my performance on the task but I think they were gonna give $200 to everyone who participated. $200 for 4 hours = $50/hour. Wow, this is great! I wish I could make it as my career--participating on various experiments and get compensated. :) As a psychologist in training, I couldn't help myself but to guess the purpose of this experiment. Unlike other experiments I've participated, they didn't have consent form or debriefing session. So, I still don't know for sure what the experiment was all about. The only reason I can think of for them not following any of the human subject guidelines (e.g., consent form, debriefing, etc) is that this experiment will be used for commercial purpose. Apparently, this company that ran the experiment sells equipments for psychological experiments, and I think they will use our data to market their products. Well, at least this is what I speculate.

I got a catalogue from Victoria's Secret today. How can all these models on the catalogue be so sexy and beautiful. I wish I was at least half as sexy and beautiful as they are. :-p

I'm extremely tired and sleepy today...maybe I should go to bed earlier tonight. zzz...