Please answer each question separately and read the attachment carefully. 

#1 Online Psychology Lab – Reaction Time

The Online Psychological Laboratory (OPL) will be used for the

 

Research Report

 (See last page ) and 

Research Poster

:  For the research report and poster you will use the 

data

 (See the excel spreadsheet) set provided by me. Doing this online experiment allows you to experience the experiment so you are familiar with the procedures. You will need these details when you write your report.  

 You will do this experiment so you have an idea of what it is, how it works and what your participants went through. The data you will actually analyze for your project will be given to you by me. 

The lab is found at 

Reaction Time Lab

(look below). You can also find it by going through this: Content – Class Resources – Psychology Learning Tools – Psychology Labs – Reaction Time Lab

 If needed, use class ID 6341

Comment with your average reaction time.

Week 2 : Research Project Topic/ Hypothesis

You have a choice in how you approach this 

Research Report

(look at the last page) . First read the project instructions, then complete this discussion.

Your hypothesis and topic determines what you choose to analyze. You could be interested in reaction time and age so you analyze the three tasks’ results by age.

You may be interested in gender differences or even gender by age differences.

You may be interested in something else, like if the participant was an athlete or not. You can create a new variable in the 

Research Report
 

data

 

(see attachment) and put a 1 if the participant was an athlete and a 0 if not. Then you can analyze the data by that grouping.

You could make up a new variable for how many drinks the participant had prior to doing the lab. You could see if there was a correlation between the number of drinks and the time they spent on the lab.

 

Your choice! Compose your response to this discussion with your name as the subject. Describe your research idea and topic and what your hypothesis is. Also tell me how you plan (or think you might plan) to analyze the 

data

. Its ok if you are not sure about this- we will discuss it and I will give you some guidance if necessary.

 

For example: my research idea is about whether or not age correlates to reaction time. I am only going to use task 1. My hypothesis is that as people get older, their reaction time increases, they get slower. I will set up the data in two columns and run a pearson correlation of time by age using SPSS. This is a very simple example- I expect your idea to be a little more interesting!

Note: There were three tasks in the lab- 1) simple reaction time task 2) a go/no go reaction task and 3) a choice reaction time task. You only need to pick one.

Also, please use at least 50 subjects in each group. 

# 3 Discussion board post

Describe the attributes of an experimental research design.  

Then, decide whether each of the following topics could be studied using an experimental research design and then explain why or why not. 

    a.  Effect of parietal lobe damage on people’s ability to do basic arithmetic.

    b.  Effect of being clinically depressed on the number of close friendships people have.

    c.  Effect of group training on the social skills of teenagers with Asperger’s syndrome.

    d.  Effect of paying people to take an IQ test on their performance on that test.

** Post must be over 250 words.

Research Report

For this assignment, you will participate in an online experiment on reaction time located within the psychology learning tools”.  Once you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (I will give you data) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages) in APA style consisting of the following sections:

· Title Page

· Abstract

· Introduction

· Method

· Results

· Discussion

· References

Just like the mini lab report, you will participate in the online experiment so you know what the experiment is like. You will be given the data to analyze.

Here is the data file:Data

You will write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment. You have some options in your research question for this project. The data you are given includes the gender and age of the participants as well as three columns of results data (from 3 tasks). If you have a particular interest and want to modify the data, you have that choice. We will talk about this in week 4. 

Careful attention must be paid to APA style as it represents a significant portion of your grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course. At the end of the term you will submit your completed paper to your assignment folder.

Here is the grading rubric for the paper: 

Rubric

data

3.

6

4

F 17

8.07

1

5

9

F 17

6.59

8

9

3

F 17

1

2

F 17

7

9

F 17

0.2

6

2

F 17

.11

2

1

3

17

7

M 17

2

7

M 17

8

1

M 17

7

M 17

8

M 17

5

M 17

F 18

4

0.3

F 18

7

F 18

8.23

3

F 18

3

7

M 18

3

M 18

0.336 0.375

M 18

M 18

F 19

0.262

F 19

0.37 0.375

F 19

0.306 0.314

F 19

0.34

F 19

3

M 19

0.405 0.382

M 19

4

M 19

0.283

M 19

F 20

8

F 20 363 0.257

F 20

F 20

F 20

0.39

F 20

F 20

0.385

M 20

4

M 20

0.267

0.389

M 20

0.375

M 20

M 20

0.331

M 20

M 20

6

M 20

0.351

F 21

0.558 0.485

F 21

0.31 0.466

F 21

F 21

0.299

F 21

M 21

0.302

M 21

0.315 0.389

F 22

0.385

M 22

0.314

M 22

M 22

0.337

F 23

0.393 0.349

F 23

F 23

0.38 0.335

M 23

M 23

M 23

0.281 0.43

M 23

0.572 0.371

M 23

0.306

F 24

F 24

0.259

M 24

0.372

0.38

M 24

0.301

M 24

0.42 0.38

F 25

0.501

F 25

0.21 0.303

F 25

F 25

0.387

F 25

0.24 0.334 0.346

M 25

8

0.695

M 25

M 25

0.416 0.416

F 26

0.341

F 26

0.417 0.295

F 26

0.299 0.29

M 26

0.34

F 27

0.422 0.38

F 27

0.34

M 27

0.308 0.337

M 27

0.282 0.359

M 27

0.281

M 27

F 28

0.295 0.38

M 28

0.27 0.37 0.408

F 30

0.485

F 30

0.366

F 30

0.334

0.479

M 30

0.352 0.346

M 30

M 30

0.331 0.463

F 31

0.37

F 31

0.385

F 31

M 31

0.422

M 31

0.301

M 31

0.457 0.489

F 32

0.361 0.54

M 32

0.537

M 32

0.343

M 32

0.458

0.376

F 33

0.359

F 33

0.412 0.68

F 34

F 34

0.361

M 34

0.403

M 34

0.421 0.518

F 35

0.457

M 35

0.471

F 36

F 36

M 36

0.325

F 37

0.375 0.427

F 37

0.581 0.47

M 37

M 37

M 37

0.428 0.547

M 38

0.348

F 39

0.382

F 39

0.515

F 39

0.533 0.738

M 39

0.41 0.513 0.533

F 40

0.366 0.371

M 40

0.382 0.509

F 41

0.428 0.377

F 41

0.335

0.421

F 41

0.398 0.442

M 41

0.423 0.378

F 42

0.408

F 43

F 43

0.323

0.537

F 43

M 43

0.413

M 43

0.413

0.485

M 44

0.34 0.479

M 44

0.513

M 44

0.334 0.408

F 45

0.605 0.459

F 45

M 45

F 46

0.38

M 46

M 48

0.471 0.53

F 49

M 49

0.438

F 50

M 50

F 53

0.353 0.393

F 53

0.403

M 54

0.499 0.537

M 54

0.467

F 55

F 55

0.434 0.36

M 56

0.43

M 58

0.326

																																																																																										Gender			Age			Time In Experiment			Simple			GNG			Choice
																																																																																																																																																																	F																												17					49								34	0.																18		0.										43			0.3																25
						45	0.																		19	0.				50	0.						36
				46		0.				28		0.						44			0.47
	1052.4		0.																23			0.29		0.508
364.												27			0.								26	0.				33	0.5								32
4														21												31				0.												30				0.										37
5				54			0.				35				0.43				0.								41
																																																																																																																																																													M		63.862				0.257	0.44		0.		42
77.9				53		0.2		38				0.36							0.37
	414.57	0.										24	0.				40				0.306
	438.23			0.								39								0.334										0.375
329.				55		0.365														0.38							0.42
	387.26						0.299									0.34				0.351
	310				0.336								0.408						0.389
	403.72				0.21				0.282
	328.25	0.								22						0.403		0.374
		56				0.24		0.506								0.385
	365.55				0.31			0.39						0.335
	55.438						0.41		0.364						0.361
	54.522				0.262
	50.014	0.		363				0.315						0.314
	399.84				0.417								0.382				0.405
	225.62				0.283				0.442
	349.3		0.288
	400.94		0.234
	469.16		0.199						0.346
	377.96		0.194		0.595	0.		48
	359.98		0.333
	160.13	0.																														20			0.267		0.265
	124.02		0.228						0.295
	50.095						0.416				0.572								0.485
	386.39				0.259						0.393			0.54
			0.501		0.478
	345.54		0.243		0.338				0.387
	328.54		0.214				0.695				0.423
	351.88						0.301					0.372
	447.5						0.281				0.466				0.349
	657.39		0.327				0.499
	494.54	0.		58				0.558		0.481
	302.03						0.331
	393.03		0.441		0.443
	310.9				0.303				0.376						0.513
	313.73		0.223		0.253
	55.787		0.233				0.302					0.325
	87.232		0.612			0.53		0.906
	410.5		0.244		0.313
	277.09		0.476
	451.67				0.518
	349.12		0.264						0.337						0.359
	598.29						0.371				0.341
	373.9		0.354		0.916		0.446
	361.15				0.459		0.587
	967.9		0.286
	798.71				0.323		0.952
	436.63		0.322						0.366
	440.83				0.308		0.388						0.457
	93.294		0.428		0.362
	89.676			0.449
	103.83		0.284				0.353		0.876
	131.52		0.368
	435.46		2.327		0.562		0.837
	197.17		1.752		0.589		0.552
	362.13		0.406
	76.886		0.436
	443.37				0.438				0.581
	184.78		0.666				0.463				0.458
	505.51		0.921				0.738
	402.59		0.391
	297.33		0.392		0.379
	423.04		0.367
	125.76				0.343				0.467
	398.08		0.451
	418.26		0.258						0.422		0.247
	65.518		0.202		0.309
	64.162
	72.887		0.85			0.68
	165		0.858		0.788		1.548
	396.3		1.473
	412.47			0.352		0.635
	440.31				0.27
	1053.5		0.238
	379.37						0.479		0.504
	374.3		0.241
	1009.8		0.246		0.318
	328.23		0.396
	302.34				0.412
	449.84		0.384			0.292
	554.61		0.272				0.348		0.824
	307.19				0.489
	935.1
	173.78		1.268		1.362
	109.81		0.704				0.	421
	646.82		0.528
	85.602		0.982
	301.95		0.377								0.537				0.515
	205.92					0.427
	243.14						0.471		0.807
	140.59		1.138		0.793
	471.95		1.345		0.621						0.533
	570.4		0.999		0.619
	423.53		0.426		0.493
	572.5		0.316
	407.49		0.696
	452.92				0.421		1.261
	90.465		0.373		0.541
	107.7		0.399
	96.402		0.689		0.697
	528.17		1.196
	575.44		5.668		0.579				0.509
	380.1		0.745					0.434
	101.41				0.378		0.496
	146.06		0.613
	523.02		0.507				0.547
	94.281		0.687		0.77
	353.62		1.774		1.076		1.165
	75.004		1.147		0.759		0.766
	379.34		0.381				0.398
	97.995		0.475
	83.701		0.989
	442.37				0.605		0.432		0.347
	1145.7		2.57		0.557			0.532
	253.31		0.564
	88.722		0.661		0.413
	496.77				0.326		0.407
	67.835		1.171		0.655
	109.26		1.798
	427.23
	339.86		1.433
	324.75		1.479
	418.55		0.653
	104.47		0.521
	112.04		0.609
	764.9		1.828
	475.71		0.575		0.452
	445.29		1.893		0.972		1.028
	371.57		0.601
	230.58		1.031		0.652		0.628
	71.13		4.428		0.586
	319.03		0.494
	389.09		0.667
	315.16		2.453		0.545
	951.13		1.294
	127.49		0.523
	137.35		3.072		0.517		0.712
	360.73		0.461		0.529		0.551
	70.954		0.433		0.544
	90.933		3.459		0.591		1.046
	339.81		1.346
	91.29		0.495		0.641		3.334
	101.31		3.342		0.418
	135.55		1.862			0.548		7.234
	101.92		3.353		0.444		0.915
	80.301		4.093
	66.504		3.856		0.703
	77.673		3.651
	392.04		0.854		0.468
	101.06		0.756		0.424		0.472
	128.55		0.409
	399.51		1.179		0.429
	109.57		4.268		0.656
		MEAN	330.5811125	0.7624375	0.45266875	0.56115
		SD	223.8558248949	0.9545809623	0.1517547144	0.6157082152

data by gender

Gender Age Time In Experiment Simple GNG Choice Gender Age Time In Experiment Simple GNG Choice
F 17

0.434 0.325 M 17 63.862 0.257 0.44 0.427

F 17

M 17

0.238 0.362 0.377

F 17

0.288 0.449

M 17 414.57

0.306

F 17 1052.4

0.292 0.508 M 17 438.23 0.397 0.334 0.375

F 17

0.267

0.532 M 17

0.365 0.38 0.428

F 17 421 0.231 0.306 0.372 M 17 387.26 0.299

0.351

F 17

0.352

0.413 M 17 310 0.336 0.408 0.389

F 18 403.72 0.214 0.3 0.282 M 18 55.438 0.413 0.364 0.361
F 18 328.25

0.403 0.374 M 18 54.522 0.262 0.336 0.375

F 18

0.243 0.506 0.385 M 18 50.014

0.315 0.314

F 18 365.55 0.313 0.397 0.335 M 18 399.84 0.417 0.382 0.405
F 19 225.62 0.262 0.283 0.442 M 19 359.98 0.333 0.405 0.382
F 19 349.3 0.288 0.37 0.375 M 19 160.13

0.267 0.265

F 19 400.94 0.234 0.306 0.314 M 19 124.02 0.228 0.283 0.295
F 19 469.16 0.199 0.346 0.34 M 19 50.095 0.416 0.572 0.485
F 19 377.96 0.194 0.595

M 20 494.54

0.558 0.481

F 20 386.39 0.259 0.393 0.548 M 20 302.03 0.267 0.331 0.389
F 20 363 0.257 0.501 0.478 M 20 393.03 0.441 0.375 0.443
F 20 345.54 0.243 0.338 0.387 M 20 310.9 0.303 0.376 0.513
F 20 328.54 0.214 0.695 0.423 M 20 313.73 0.223 0.253 0.331
F 20 351.88 0.301 0.39 0.372 M 20 55.787 0.233 0.302 0.325
F 20 447.5 0.281 0.466 0.349 M 20 87.232 0.612

0.906

F 20 657.39 0.327 0.385 0.499 M 20 410.5 0.244 0.313 0.351
F 21 277.09 0.558 0.485 0.476 M 21 361.15 0.302 0.459 0.587
F 21 451.67 0.31 0.466 0.518 M 21 967.9 0.286 0.315 0.389
F 21 349.12 0.264 0.337 0.359 M 22 436.63 0.314 0.322 0.366
F 21 598.29 0.299 0.371 0.341 M 22 440.83 0.308 0.388 0.457
F 21 373.9 0.354 0.916 0.446 M 22 93.294 0.428 0.337 0.362
F 22 798.71 0.323 0.385 0.952 M 23 435.46 2.327 0.562 0.837
F 23 89.676 0.449 0.393 0.349 M 23 197.17 1.752 0.589 0.552
F 23 103.83 0.284 0.353 0.876 M 23 362.13 0.281 0.43 0.406
F 23 131.52 0.38 0.335 0.368 M 23 76.886 0.572 0.371 0.436
F 24 184.78 0.666 0.463 0.458 M 23 443.37 0.306 0.438 0.581
F 24 505.51 0.921 0.738 0.259 M 24 402.59 0.372 0.391 0.38
F 25 125.76 0.343 0.501 0.467 M 24 297.33 0.301 0.392 0.379
F 25 398.08 0.21 0.303 0.451 M 24 423.04 0.42 0.38 0.367
F 25 418.26 0.258 0.422 0.247 M 25 72.887 0.85

0.695

F 25 65.518 0.202 0.309 0.387 M 25 165 0.858 0.788 1.548
F 25 64.162 0.24 0.334 0.346 M 25 396.3 1.473 0.416 0.416
F 26 412.47 0.352 0.635 0.341 M 26 379.37 0.34 0.479 0.504
F 26 440.31 0.27 0.417 0.295 M 27 328.23 0.308 0.337 0.396
F 26 1053.5 0.238 0.299 0.29 M 27 302.34 0.282 0.359 0.412
F 27 374.3 0.241 0.422 0.38 M 27 449.84 0.384 0.281 0.292
F 27 1009.8 0.246 0.318 0.34 M 27 554.61 0.272 0.348 0.824
F 28 307.19 0.295 0.38 0.489 M 28 935.1 0.27 0.37 0.408
F 30 173.78 1.268 1.362 0.485 M 30 85.602 0.982 0.352 0.346
F 30 109.81 0.704 0.366 0.421 M 30 301.95 0.377 0.537 0.515
F 30 646.82 0.334 0.528 0.479 M 30 205.92 0.427 0.331 0.463
F 31 243.14 0.37 0.471 0.807 M 31 570.4 0.999 0.422 0.619
F 31 140.59 1.138 0.385 0.793 M 31 423.53 0.301 0.426 0.493
F 31 471.95 1.345 0.621 0.533 M 31 572.5 0.316 0.457 0.489
F 32 407.49 0.361 0.54 0.696 M 32 452.92 0.421 0.537 1.261
F 33 96.402 0.689 0.359 0.697 M 32 90.465 0.343 0.373 0.541
F 33 528.17 1.196 0.412 0.68 M 32 107.7 0.458 0.399 0.376
F 34 575.44 5.668 0.579 0.509 M 34 101.41 0.403 0.378 0.496
F 34 380.1 0.745 0.361 0.434 M 34 146.06 0.421 0.518 0.613
F 35 523.02 0.457 0.507 0.547 M 35 94.281 0.471 0.687 0.77
F 36 353.62 1.774 1.076 1.165 M 36 379.34 0.325 0.381 0.398
F 36 75.004 1.147 0.759 0.766 M 37 442.37 0.605 0.432 0.347
F 37 97.995 0.375 0.427 0.475 M 37 1145.7 2.57 0.557 0.532
F 37 83.701 0.989 0.581 0.47 M 37 253.31 0.428 0.547 0.564
F 39 496.77 0.326 0.407 0.382 M 38 88.722 0.348 0.661 0.413
F 39 67.835 1.171 0.655 0.515 M 39 427.23 0.41 0.513 0.533
F 39 109.26 0.533 0.738 1.798 M 40 324.75 1.479 0.382 0.509
F 40 339.86 1.433 0.366 0.371 M 41 764.9 1.828 0.423 0.378
F 41 418.55 0.428 0.377 0.653 M 43 71.13 4.428 0.413 0.586
F 41 104.47 0.335 0.521 0.421 M 43 319.03 0.413 0.494 0.485
F 41 112.04 0.609 0.398 0.442 M 44 389.09 0.667 0.34 0.479
F 42 475.71 0.575 0.408 0.452 M 44 315.16 2.453 0.513 0.545
F 43 445.29 1.893 0.972 1.028 M 44 951.13 1.294 0.334 0.408
F 43 371.57 0.323 0.601 0.537 M 45 360.73 0.461 0.529 0.551
F 43 230.58 1.031 0.652 0.628 M 46 90.933 3.459 0.591 1.046
F 45 127.49 0.523 0.605 0.459 M 48 339.81 1.346 0.471 0.53
F 45 137.35 3.072 0.517 0.712 M 49 101.31 3.342 0.438 0.418
F 46 70.954 0.433 0.38 0.544 M 50 101.92 3.353 0.444 0.915
F 49 91.29 0.495 0.641 3.334 M 54 77.673 3.651 0.499 0.537
F 50 135.55 1.862 0.548 7.234 M 54 392.04 0.854 0.468 0.467
F 53 80.301 4.093 0.353 0.393 M 56 399.51 1.179 0.43 0.429
F 53 66.504 3.856 0.403 0.703 M 58 109.57 4.268 0.326 0.656
F 55 101.06 0.756 0.424 0.472 MEAN

F 55 128.55 0.409 0.434 0.36 SD

MEAN

SD

493.34	0.186
458.07	0.191	0.505	0.369	77.953
466.59	0.473	0.248	0.401
	0.231
364.27	0.339	329.55
0.345
554.11	0.431
0.227
568.23	0.363
0.204
0.483	0.584
0.536
0.688
318.5160253165	0.8325189873	0.4263417722	0.5009620253
226.2812689938	0.992507881	0.1047696969	0.2100229806
342.3482962963	0.6940864198	0.478345679	0.6198518519
222.2372408546	0.9170790206	0.1836214966	0.8386783071

Instructions

For this assignment, you will participate in an online experiment on reaction time located within the psychology learning tools”.  Once you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (I will give you data) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages) in APA style consisting of the following sections: · Title Page · Abstract · Introduction · Method · Results · Discussion · References Just like the mini lab report, you will participate in the online experiment so you know what the experiment is like. You will be given the data to analyze. Here is the data file:Data You will write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment. You have some options in your research question for this project. The data you are given includes the gender and age of the participants as well as three columns of results data (from 3 tasks). If you have a particular interest and want to modify the data, you have that choice. We will talk about this in week 4.  Careful attention must be paid to APA style as it represents a significant portion of your grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course. At the end of the term you will submit your completed paper to your assignment folder. Here is the grading rubric for the paper: Rubric