Assignment: Design A Psychology Experiment
Create an outline of a psychological experiment, your experiment must deal with humans and must test something WITHIN PSYCHOLOGY.
(1) Keep your hypothesis and design simple.Your hypothesis is a testable statement about how an out come will change based on the manipulation of variable
(2) You must establish two groups (experimental and control group) which differ with respect to ONLY one thing (variable), this is the independent variable
(3) The goal of your experiment is to determine if the performance or outcome of the two groups differs as a result of the change in your independent variable.The outcome for each group is the dependent variable.
(4) In your experiment, state a hypothesis (a statement,not a question)
(5) Describe your experimental group and control group.
(6) Identify the independent and dependent variables.
(7) Operationally define any vague or open-ended terms.
(8) Consider the influence of extraneous variables on the outcome of the experiment.Describle at least one potential extraneous variable.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.