· Identify the article that you have selected from the list of articles provided on Canvas
· Identify how many experiments this article has (some may only have 1 experiment and some may have up to 4 different experiments in one paper) and state which experiment (e.g., Experiment 1 or Experiment 2) that you will be analyzing
This section should be your introduction. Things that you should include:
In this section you should summarize the introduction and/or literature review. This section should include prior work that has been done in the area.
Identify participants and procedures and explain how the research was conducted. For example, did they bring participants into a laboratory? What were the independent variables in their study (i.e., the variables that were manipulated by the experimenter(s)); what was the dependent variable (i.e., the variable that was measured by the experimenter(s))?
The results section in the paper that you are analyzing will have a graph. Interpret the graph and explain how it answers the research question(s). hint: the x-axis—bottom of the graph—should display the independent variables (different groups) and the y-axis—side of the graph—should display the dependent variable (what was measured).
Review the discussion section in the paper that you are analyzing. Discuss the main significance of these findings and also include any limitations in the experiment.
Proposed Method
In this section, explain who your participants will be (i.e., who will you use to collect your data in order to answer your research question?). What are your independent variables? dependent variable(s)? How will you conduct your research? (refer back to the method/procedure section in the paper that you analyzed to help clarify how to write this section).
Expected Results
Explain how you would expect your results to turn out (e.g., your hypothesis) and also show these hypothetical results on a graph. For example, if my research question was:
does caffeine enhance memory? I would have my independent variable (amount of caffeine—I would have given one group of participants a high dose of caffeine and one group of participants a low dose of caffeine) on the x-axis and my dependent variable (memory performance—I would give both groups the same memory test after their caffeine intake to see which group did better) on my y-axis. If I expected the results to show that caffeine enhanced memory, my graph would look like this:
Overall Discussion
Complete the paper with a conclusion. For example, restate the general topic of the analyzed study. Explain how your follow-up experiment builds on the analyzed study. Why was your research question important? Why did you expect the see the hypothetical results that you demonstrated in your graph? Are there any follow-up research questions that you could have asked concerning this topic?
In your final paragraph, describe how this project has helped your understanding of how research is conducted in the field of psychology.
References
Carpenter, S. K., Wilford, M. M., Kornell, N., & Mullaney, K. M. (2013). Appearances can be
deceiving: instructor fluency increases perceptions of learning without increasing actual learning.
Psychonomic bulletin & review, 20(6), 1350-1356.
Farrelly, D., Clemson, P., & Guthrie, M. (2016). Are Women’s Mate Preferences for Altruism
Also Influenced by Physical Attractiveness?.
Evolutionary Psychology, 14(1), 659-672.
Finn, B., Roediger III, H. L., & Rosenzweig, E. (2012). Reconsolidation from negative
emotional pictures: Is successful retrieval required?.
Memory & cognition, 40(7), 1031-1045.
Major, B., Hunger, J. M., Bunyan, D. P., & Miller, C. T. (2014). The ironic effects of weight
stigma.
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 51, 74-80.
Mather, M., & Carstensen, L. L. (2005). Aging and motivated cognition: The positivity effect in
attention and memory.
Trends in cognitive sciences, 9(10), 496-502.
^^^These are the citations for each article in the list. Make sure to only include the study that you analyzed in your reference section & add any other references that you use in your paper!
High Caffeine Dose 50 Low Caffeine Dose 35
Groups
Memory Performance
