It is reasonable to admit that in four weeks you have been exposed to a great deal of information about the human mind! This assignment will give you the opportunity to examine how the knowledge that you have acquired during the past weeks may tie together. You will explore a phenomenon that interests you, highlight the methodologies used to study it, uncover the results obtained, and assess the validity of the knowledge acquired. These activities will make you aware of the intrinsic relationship between knowledge of specific mental and behavioral phenomena, as well as the limitations of the techniques used to study them. Knowledge in cognitive psychology is largely gathered by means of experiments. Thus, it is important that you become intimately familiar with this data-gathering method. The goal of the assignment is to ensure that you have a good understanding of specific cognitive psychological phenomena as well as experiments that are often used to investigate such phenomena. Abide by the instructions listed below:
Watch the video,
Experimental Research Methods in Psychology (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
, on the experimental method.
Go to the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar and select a peer-reviewed article on a topic of interest among those discussed in our class. If you prefer, you may select an article from the recommended resources.
Describe the main research questions that the study attempts to answer. Keep in mind that a description of the main question of the study entails an explanation of the importance of the question (i.e., illustrates the gap in the existing literature).
State the main hypothesis (prediction) made by the researchers.
Identify the key variables.
Describe the critical characteristics of both the participants and the procedures used.
Summarize the main findings. How do these findings answer the question that the researchers formulated in the introductory section of the article?
Explain the extent to which the findings answer the research question. Do the findings support their research question (or prediction)?
Illustrate the weaknesses and strengths of the selected study. For instance, ask yourself questions such as the following:
Is the technique used to understand the selected phenomenon able to gather adequate information about it?
How does this technique compare to other techniques used in cognitive psychology?
Do the findings of the selected study generalize to individuals who may be different from those who participated (young versus older adults)?
Please note that research articles often contain more than one study. Thus, in this assignment, you are given the opportunity to describe each experiment separately or focus on what you believe to be the most significant experiment.
Your paper must begin with an introduction to the selected topic in which you define the research question and all concepts that will be discussed in the paper. For inst ...
Experimental Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology
1. It is reasonable to admit that in four weeks you have been
exposed to a great deal of information about the human mind!
This assignment will give you the opportunity to examine how
the knowledge that you have acquired during the past weeks
may tie together. You will explore a phenomenon that interests
you, highlight the methodologies used to study it, uncover the
results obtained, and assess the validity of the knowledge
acquired. These activities will make you aware of the intrinsic
relationship between knowledge of specific mental and
behavioral phenomena, as well as the limitations of the
techniques used to study them. Knowledge in cognitive
psychology is largely gathered by means of experiments. Thus,
it is important that you become intimately familiar with this
data-gathering method. The goal of the assignment is to ensure
that you have a good understanding of specific cognitive
psychological phenomena as well as experiments that are often
used to investigate such phenomena. Abide by the instructions
listed below:
Watch the video,
Experimental Research Methods in Psychology (Links to an
external site.)Links to an external site.
, on the experimental method.
Go to the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar and
select a peer-reviewed article on a topic of interest among those
discussed in our class. If you prefer, you may select an article
from the recommended resources.
Describe the main research questions that the study attempts to
answer. Keep in mind that a description of the main question of
the study entails an explanation of the importance of the
question (i.e., illustrates the gap in the existing literature).
2. State the main hypothesis (prediction) made by the researchers.
Identify the key variables.
Describe the critical characteristics of both the participants and
the procedures used.
Summarize the main findings. How do these findings answer the
question that the researchers formulated in the introductory
section of the article?
Explain the extent to which the findings answer the research
question. Do the findings support their research question (or
prediction)?
Illustrate the weaknesses and strengths of the selected study.
For instance, ask yourself questions such as the following:
Is the technique used to understand the selected phenomenon
able to gather adequate information about it?
How does this technique compare to other techniques used in
cognitive psychology?
Do the findings of the selected study generalize to individuals
who may be different from those who participated (young
versus older adults)?
Please note that research articles often contain more than one
study. Thus, in this assignment, you are given the opportunity to
describe each experiment separately or focus on what you
believe to be the most significant experiment.
3. Your paper must begin with an introduction to the selected topic
in which you define the research question and all concepts that
will be discussed in the paper. For instance, let us assume you
select the article by Strayer and Johnston “Driven to
Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and
Conversing on a Cellular Telephone” as the topic of your paper.
Then your task is to state the question the researchers want to
answer and define the terms
attention
,
divided attention,
and
distraction
.
Your paper requires a brief summary of the content of the
selected article according to the guidelines described above. It
also requires a conclusion expressing your thoughts about the
strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence. If possible,
suggest the course that future research should take if the answer
to the selected question is less than conclusive.
The Memory Errors in Real Life Paper
Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not
including title and references pages) and formatted according to
APA
