Class Experiment Psych 231 Research Methods in Psychology

Class Experiment Psych 231: Research Methods in Psychology

n n CITI training due to me today (turn it in as you leave if you haven’t already) Upcoming APA “Cinderella” assignment n n n Link on syllabus to the text for the assignment (no need to type it all in) Next week In labs: your group project introduction sections are due Each of you have homework THIS WEEKEND– find and test two people for the class experiment Announcements

n Today going to go over the design and procedures for the class experiment. n Make sure that you download the experiment packet and test your participants this weekend n This is what you are writing the Class Experiment APA style paper based on. • You (as a group) are providing the data that you will be basing the results section on • You will also be writing up the Methods section, so knowing what was done is important • You will also be writing up the introduction section, so it is important to understand what the relevant variables are and how they are related to theories and past research. Class experiment

n Instructions: n n n I’m going to show you a list of scrambled internet company names. For each one, try to unscramble the nameas quickly as you can. You will have 2 minutes to complete the task Recognition Demonstration

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n n I have put the materials together and posted them on the syllabus (click on “class experiment”) Your homework is to n n n Download “Exp packet” Find two volunteers Collect some data Bring the data back to class on Monday • I will compile and analyze the results You will go over the summarized results in labs Class experiment

n n I have put the materials together and posted them on the syllabus (click on “class experiment”) Your homework is to n Download “Exp packet” • In the packet you’ll find: • Instructions • To create the stimuli • To read to your participants • For compiling the data (data sheet provided) • Two consent forms • Debriefing sheet Class experiment

n What variables might influence performance on a task like this? n We have selected two things (our IVs): n Social Concepts/words: Social networking website name or Non-Social Network web name n Feeling of Connectedness: Cell phone – present or absent The issues

n What variables might influence performance on a task like this? n We have selected two things: n Social Concepts/words: Social networking website name or Non-Social Network web name n Feeling of Connectedness: Cell phone – present or absent The issues

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n What variables might influence performance on a memory task like this? n We have selected two things: n Social Concepts/words: Social networking website name or Non-Social Network web name n Feeling of Connectedness: Cell phone – present or absent The issues

Cell phone present • Make sure that there is a cell phone visible by placing one clearly in view of your participant Cell phone absent • Make sure that there is not a cell phone visible • Try not to mention anything about cell phones • Move them to a cellphone free place if need be Feeling socially connected

n What are the issues that we’re looking at? n What is/are the Independent variable(s)? • Social concept/words • Op: websites are either for social networking or not • Feeling of Connectedness • Op: presence or absence of a cell phone n What is the Dependent variable? • Construct? activation/retrieval of social concepts • Operationalized? accurate unscrambled words The issues

n How many conditions do we have? n What is the design of the study? • 2 factors Social Connectedness Cell phone Social Concept/ Word type Non-social n What are your predictions? The design No cell phone

• • Find 2 volunteers Test each participant (one-at-a-time, each in one of the cellphone conditions) • • • Read and sign consent form, ask them their age (indicate age & gender on data sheet) Read instructions Present them with word list for 2 mins. Debrief them Count up the number of correctly unscrambled website names and this information into the data summary sheet (broken down by social or nonsocial) Bring the data back to class on Monday The Procedure

n What do we need to control? n n Amount of time for scramble task 120 seconds Number of items on the list 16 items Same websites for Actual items on the list everybody Any other things we need to think about? n Ethics • Consent form, debriefing • I have create these and they are part of the experiment packet that you download The design

n Complete APA style research report n Intro • There are 3 required readings which you must include these in your introduction • Srinivas & Roediger (1990) • Przybylski & Weinstein (2013) • Thornton, et al (2014) • Additionally, you must find at least 1 additional article to include in your introduction n n Methods, Results, Discussion, References, etc. Two drafts (see web pages for specific details) n n 1 st: due in labs during week 9 (week of Oct 15) Final: due in class week 15 (Wednesday Nov. 28) The class paper