psychology self research paper

2. 5-6 pages

3. No plagiarism

4. With reference

5. Four variables you will look at: study, sleep, two measures of emotion/mood

What will you experiment on?

● Note that the type of research you will be doing is experimental

● This means that you will have a control (no manipulation) setting and an experimental (manipulated) setting

● Four variables you will look at: study, sleep, two measures of emotion/mood

● You will have a primary focus and a secondary focus

○ Primary focus: the effect of an IV on a DV

○ Secondary focus: the correlation between two variables (which you decide is the IV and DV is up to you)

● Designate three of four variables to these focuses, leave fourth out of study

● For the primary focus, choose an IV (this will be your “intervention”)

Choosing Your Emotion/Mood Variable

● Discrete Emotions Questionnaire

● Uses “Positive and Negative Affect Schedule”

○ Positive affect: propensity to experience positive emotions and respond positively to surroundings

○ Negative affect: propensity to experience negative emotions and respond negatively to surroundings

● Choose one positive item and one negative item to track during week 1

Operational Definitions

● What is study? (e.g. measure of accuracy, length of study period, number of concepts recalled)

● What is sleep? (e.g. time unconscious that does not include periods of awakeness during night or period of attempting to fall asleep)

● What is *insert negative emotion here*? (e.g. What is your definition of this emotion) ● What is *insert positive emotion here*? (e.g. What is your definition of this emotion?)

● When will you be studying? For how long? How will you measure it?

● When will you be sleeping? What is included in sleeping? How will you measure it? ● When are you affected by this emotion?

● Is it related to a particular activity? When = time of day or proximity to activity