2017SP General Psychology (PSYCH-1100) UNIT 2 ASSIGNMENT

The Experiment

The experimental method(see pages 28-33 and also focus on chapter review, pages 39-41 for
information about experiments) allows for the study of cause and effect
relationships An experimental design requirescontrolled elementsin order to make these causal
statements For this assignment, you will be asked to use several key concepts
of an experiment

Researchers are interested in
learning whether listening to classical music while studying improves memory

Design an experiment to test
whether listening to classical music for all students in the Experimental
Groupcan improve memory of specific text

Use a short story of 4 pages
for the text The short 4 page story is the material used in
your experiment You can name the story or just state that students will
study a 4 page short story

The total number of students
for the experiment will be 40, 20 in the Control Group (CG) and 20 in the
Experimental Group (EG)

Instructions for writing this
assignment

This
assignment is not an essay – please type out the question and
follow with the answer After you complete the assignment, save it to your
computer inMicrosoft Wordand upload to BlackBoard (BB)
under Assignment 2Your grade will be determined by how well you answer the following
questions and follow the assignment instructions

Total
points 30

1 What is your hypothesis?
(3 pts)

2 What is the independent
variable? (4 pts)

3 What is the dependent
variable? (4 pts)

4 How will you select your
sample from the student population? (3 pts)

5 How will you select who is
assigned to the control or experimental groups? (3 pts)

6 Describe the procedure for
the experimental group and control group (9 pts)

Where, how long, conditions,
instructions, etc Remember to minimize or avoid external variables

7 How would you measure the
outcome to prove or disprove your hypothesis? (4 pts)