What reaction would I get?
I’m a first year undergrad and I have an experiment that I realllyyyyyy want to do. It’s a psychobiological experiment and there’s a psychology professor at my school who I’d love if he could kinda mentor me or guide me through it. I was going to ask a professor if he could but I’m nervous and also I really don’t want to waste his time. He’s not my professor, I’ve never had one of his classes, I’ve never spoken to him.
I’ve never don’t an experiment before, I’ve written research papers and I kinda know how to log data but that’s about all.
So I was thinking that maybe I should do the experiment on my own and then as him to review it and tell me what I can improve. But I if I do it on my own I’m afraid he might say that my experiment was unethical. My experiment does require human subjects. And the experiments that I run on them might be uncomfortable for them but of course I’d pay them fairly and make them sign a consent form and an NDA.
If I do the experiment on my own and then present it to the professor would he turn me away? Or would he be happy that I made an effort and then maybe he’d want to mentor me?