Week35-PreparingfortheIA

RecommendedstudiesBransford,J.D.&Johnson,M.K.(1972).Contextualprerequisitesforunderstanding:someinvesHgaHonsofcomprehensionandrecall.JournalofVerbalLearningandVerbalBehavior,11,717-726hJp://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~coulson/203/bransford72.pdfTheeffectofcontext(apictureor<tle)onunderstanding.LoAus,E.C.&Palmer,J.(1974).ReconstrucHonofAutomobileDestrucHon:AnExampleoftheInteracHonbetweenLanguageandMemory.JournalofVerbalLearningandVerbalBehaviour,13,585-589webfiles.uci.edu/eloXus/LoXusPalmer74.pdfTheeffectofposteventleadingques<onsoneyewitnesstes<mony.NisbeL,R.E.&Wilson,T.D.(1977).TheHaloEffect.EvidenceforUnconsciousAlteraHonofJudgments.JournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology,35(4),250-256(Note:studentmustuseLikert-typescaletogenerateordinaldata).hJps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/92158/TheHaloEffect.pdfTheeffectofglobalevalua<onsonopinionsofaperson.Peterson,L.R.&Peterson,M.J.(1959)Short-termretenHonofindividualverbalitems.JournalofExperimentalPsychology,58,193-198hJp://psych.indiana.edu/tradiHon/Peterson_and_Peterson_1959.pdfTheeffectofdifferent<melapsesandinterferenceonmemory.

MorerecommendedstudiesRashidi,N.(2011).TheEffectofClassicalMusicontheReadingComprehensionofIranianStudents.TheoryandPracGceinLanguageStudies,Vol.1,No.1,pp.74-82,January2011hJp://www.academypublicaHon.com/issues/past/tpls/vol01/01/11.pdfTheeffectofbackgroundclassicalmusiconacomprehensiontask.Stroop,J.Ridley.(1935).StudiesofinterferenceinserialverbalreacHons.JournalofExperimentalPsychology,18,643-662hJp://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stroop/Theinterferenceofseman<cs(meaning)onthe<metakentosaythecolourofwords.TripleL,Norman.(1898).ThedynamogenicfactorsinpacemakingandcompeHHon.AmericanJournalofPsychology,9,507-533.(UsejigsawpuzzlesorWordsearches).hJp://psychclassics.yorku.ca/TripleJ/Theeffectofthepresenceofothersonthe<metakentocompleteatask.Tversky,A.&Kahneman,D.(1974).Judgmentunderuncertainty:heurisHcsandbiases.Science,185(4159),1124-1131hJp://people.hss.caltech.edu/~camerer/Ec101/JudgementUncertainty.pdf

Adjustmentandanchoringbias–theeffectonthees<matesonaseriesofnumbers.

WheretofindtheoriginalsClickonthislinkinthebloghJp://blogs.pamojaeducaHon.com/psychology?s=IA+studiesAim,willbesimilartotheoriginal,butnotidenHcal.Remember,justONEIVandONEDV.DatashouldbeHmetaken,numbersofwords/items,remembered,esHmatesofnumbers,raHngonascale.(NOT“Yes/No”answers)Samplingwillbeopportunitysample.

AnoverviewoftheIA

• DescripHve:words,table,graph

• References• Appendices

• Design• ParHcipants• Materials• Procedure

• Abstract• [Contentspage–notrequired,butuseful]

IntroducHon Method

ResultsDiscussion

SuggestedMinimumWordCountsSec<on HL(2000

max)SL(1500max)

Introduc<on 500 350

Method 500 450

Results(Descrip<ve) 150 150

Results(Inferen<al) 150 -

Discussion 600 500

Total 1900 1450

Wk36Analysingtheoriginalstudy

APAformatUseWORD,clickonView>CitaHons>APAORhJp://www.citaHonmachine.net/apa/cite-a-bookORhJps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/MLA,HarvardorChicagomayalsobeused,butwepreferAPA,andyoushouldinformyourteacherifyouareusinganother.

Wk37IAProposal1

Wk37IAProposal2

Wk37Pilotstudy

AcHvity

• Conductyourpilotstudyonasmallgroupoffamilyorfriends

• Trytokeepasmuchaspossibletoyourplannedprocedurefortherealexperiment

• Notewhatworkedwellandwhatwillneedrefining.• WriteajournalentryHtled“PilotStudyof....”(Usethename/softheoriginalexperimentersinyourHtle)thatbrieflydescribesthestudyandcommentsonwhatworkedwellandwhatneedsadjusHng?

Remember…

Ifyoudon’tknow,askyourcolleagues,askme,postaquesHoninthediscussionforum,visittheblogorthecoursematerial.Don’tstruggleinthe“fog”.