Class Experiment - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

About This Presentation
Title:

Class Experiment

Description:

MINIVAN. Some will be read the words, others will read the words themselves. Class experiment ... MINIVAN. Two different orders will be used: alphabetical ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

Number of Views:36
Avg rating:3.0/5.0
Slides: 14
Provided by: JCooper5
Category:

less

Transcript and Presenter's Notes

Title: Class Experiment


1
Class Experiment
  • Psych 231 Research Methods in Psychology

2
Memory Demonstration
  • Instructions
  • Im going to read a list of words.
  • After Im done, please count backwards by threes
    from the number that I give you.
  • Then Ill tell you to write down as many of the
    words as you can.
  • Read list
  • 683

3
Recall
  • Please recall as many of the items now (write
    them down).
  • Check

Newspaper Shrub Minivan Video Dresser
Book Tree Car Radio Desk
Table Magazine Stereo Truck Flower
4
Class experiment
  • Today going to go over the design for the class
    experiment.
  • I have put the materials together and posted them
    on the web site
  • Syllabus, class experiment, download from the
    green box
  • Your homework is to
  • download these
  • find some volunteers
  • collect some data.
  • Bring the data back to class on Monday
  • I will compile and analyze the results
  • Based on this experiment and these results you
    will produce an APA style research report

5
Class experiment
  • In the packet youll find
  • Instructions
  • To create the stimuli
  • To read to your participants
  • For compiling the data (data sheet provided)
  • Four consent forms
  • Debriefing sheet

6
Class experiment
  • Participants will be presented a list of words
  • Later they will be asked to recall as many as
    they can

BOOK
CAR
DESK
DRESSER
FLOWER
MAGAZINE
MINIVAN
7
Class experiment
  • Some will be read the words, others will read the
    words themselves

BOOK
CAR
DESK
DRESSER
FLOWER
MAGAZINE
MINIVAN
8
Class experiment
  • Two different orders will be used alphabetical
    categorical

BOOK
BOOK
CAR
MAGAZINE
DESK
DESK
DRESSER
DRESSER
FLOWER
MINIVAN
MAGAZINE
CAR
MINIVAN
FLOWER
9
Class experiment
  • Following presentation ask your participant to
    recall as many of the words as they can (have
    them write them down)
  • Count up the number of correctly recalled words
    and enter this information into the data summary
    sheet

10
The issues
  • What are the issues that were looking at?
  • What are your predictions?
  • For your paper
  • there are three required readings (see web page).
  • You must include these in your introduction
  • Find at least 1 additional article to include in
    your introduction

11
The design
  • What is our dependent variable
  • Construct
  • Operational DV

memory
  • accurate recall of words from list

12
The design
  • What is/are our independent variables
  • Conceptual IVs
  • Operational IVs
  • Factor A

Factor B
organization
Mode of Presentation
Alphabetical Categorical
Read to Read by
13
The design
  • Procedure - how should we carry out our
    experiment?
  • What do we need to control?
  • Amount of time for recall
  • Number of items on the list
  • Actual items on the list
  • Any other things we need to think about?
  • Ethics
  • Consent form, debriefing
  • I have create these and they are part of the
    experiment packet that you download
Write a Comment
User Comments (0)
About PowerShow.com