Psychology Research Paper Outline

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Psychology Research Paper Outline Assignment: You will conduct research in the field of Psychology and then write an article representing this research. Your experiment will be a replication of a known Psychology experiment. You need to make sure you meet the requirements of the senior project paper and the rubric included in this packet. Requirements: Your research must be at least one page (no fudging here). You must have at least 5 text notes and 3 sources. Follow the font and margin requests on the following page. You need to use Times New Roman font with one inch margins and 12 font. Title: this should reveal the nature of the experiment. 1. Introduction: a. Go over the general principle: Why…show more content…
What are the ethical issues of the experiment? 2. Research Question: state your question 3. Hypothesis: This is your educated guess. Be sure to define all the terms of your hypothesis. What are your independent and dependent variables? How odes your hypothesis compare with the study to be replicated? 4. Method: a. Subjects: Your subject are the people or animals that you test in your experiment. Who are your subjects? [exact number, approximate ages, sex of subjects ]How did you select them? What are the problems inherent with your selection process? How many subjects you assigned to the control versus experimental group? How do you subjects compare with the study to be replicated? b. Apparatus: List everything that was used: equipment, data sheets, surveys, room or hallway in a building etc. Include copies of your data sheets and other relevant material. How does this compare with the study to be replicated? c. Procedure: Explain exactly how the experiment was conducted. Be specific and precise. Make sure everyone is treated exactly the same. How do your procedures compare with the subject to be replicated? How did you have to make allowances for the difference of your situation? Are there any ethical concerns? [make sure to reference all four…show more content…
Discussion: Analyze and discuss your results. Did your results support your hypothesis? What there a significant difference between the experimental and control subjects? Can any conclusions be drawn? How much confidence do you place in your results? How do your conclusions compare with those of the study to be replicated? What are the strengths and weaknesses of you experiment? What revisions would you make if you conducted this experiment again? Can you generalize your findings to the rest of the population? Finally, discuss why you got the results that you got? {How did you subjects act? Were you inconsistent in your

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