PSYSCHOLOGY PSY101
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PSY101Tutorial4.pptxPSY101
Tutorial 4
Reminder: Glossary
Due Friday
Submit via LMS (in Assessments section)
You are expected to have at least 5 words per chapter
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5& 6
Lab report: writing the method section
Lab report: Method section
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Participants
XX university students
x females
y males
Age range of ## years to ## years (mean age of ## years)
Nationalities
(information will be available in the next tutorial)
Materials
What is the measure/test called?
Who developed it?
Was our version the same as the original?
If not, what is the rationale for changing it?
How was the measure scored?
(refer to the Bochner article)
Procedure
How was the experiment carried out?
What information is required to replicate the experiment?
Some hints for the lab report plan
750 words
(there is leeway because it will depend on the titles of the articles)
Note that we are talking about the PLAN not the Lab report in this section.
Lab report plan
In order to make sure you are on the right track before starting your LAB REPORT, you will do a plan for the introduction.
Your plan needs to include the following;
A statement of the topic that you are researching
The reference details of 5 peer reviewed journal articles and a short statement of how each article is relevant to the topic
A statement of the specific aims of your study
Clearly stated hypotheses (what do you think the results will be based on previous research)
Lab report plan
i. A statement of the topic that you are researching (brief and concise)
explain self concept
explain the potential effect of culture
explain the specific domain of culture being examined (individualism versus collectivism)
iii. A statement of the specific aims of your study
What variables are we measuring? And what research question/s are we trying to answer?
Lab report plan
ii. The reference details of 5 peer reviewed journal articles and a short statement of how each article is relevant to the topic
e.g.
Kashima, Y., Yamaguchi, S., Kim, U., Choi, S. C., Gelfand, M. J., & Yuki, M. (1995). Culture, gender, and self: a perspective from individualism- collectivism research. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69(5), 925.
This articles examines self-construal across 5 countries/cultures (Australia, the United States, Hawaii, Japan, and Korea).
(Refer to Chapter 7 in Burton text for correct way to list articles)
Lab report plan
iv. Clearly stated hypotheses
What are your predictions about the results?
The results will tell you about the relationships between:
Individualism rating and Idiocentric answers/score
Individualism rating and Group answers/score
Individualism rating and Allocentric answers/score
\You will need 3 hypotheses
Predicting relationships between variables
Sometimes we predict that as one variable increases another variable will also increase
e.g. age and height in children
This is called a positive correlation
Predicting relationships between variables
Sometimes we predict that as one variable increases another variable will decrease
e.g. age and height in the elderly
This is called a negative correlation
Predicting relationships between variables
Sometimes we predict that two variables are not related at all
e.g. distance travelled to work and height
Individualism and Idiocentric answers
What do we expect based on theories and previous research?
Individualism and Group answers
What do we expect based on theories and previous research?
Individualism and Allocentric answers
What do we expect based on theories and previous research?
Lab report plan: what should it look like?
