Psychology assignment (("FOR THE THINK TANK ONLY"!!!)

FACE VALUE & FIRST IMPRESSIONS

RESULTS

Data was analyzed using SPSS-PC version 22. A paired samples test was conducted to test whether the composite means of Alpha Betas and Beta Omicrons differ from one another. The results of the analysis indicated that the difference in the estimation of the participants’ negative statements was not significant among Alpha Deltas and Beta Omicrons, t(139) = 1.45, p = .148, r( = . This finding supports the hypothesis that_________.

DISCUSSION

The hypothesis that the researchers tested provided significant insight on the expected results. The data collected in the above case studies was subjected to scientific analysis as a means of identifying the details that were present. The most common method used was the SPSS data analysis procedure since it had proved useful in previous researches. The data analysis procedures were conducted in testing whether the

The first measure of interest was the estimates participants made for the percent of negative statements about Alphas and Betas. A paired samples t-test was appropriate to test whether the composite means differed from one another. The actual percent of negative statements was found to be thirty-one percent for both groups (twenty-six Alphas with eighteen positive & eight negative acts, and thirteen Betas with nine positive & four negative acts).

The results of the paired t-test showed that the Alpha group was moderately higher in terms of negative statements than their Beta Omicron counterparts. The results mean

There is an additional computation of the participant's estimation of the proportion of negative statements about Alpha Deltas and Beta Omicrons. Again, a dependent i.e., correlated groups, t-test will revealed if the difference in means is not significant. (Jackson, 2000).

Potential flaws and limitations in this study that might have impacted your results include that the analysis was based on data collected from a different experiment by third party. The sample size of this particular design is also quite small to make a general conclusion about the entire population.

In my opinion, I would have used a slighter larger sample size and also in order to improve the validity and reliability of the study and produce better results.

Based on previous research and this study, there is a wider understanding in terms of the correlation or relationship between groups in which people fall and their traits with regards to first impression.

Another direction that could be explored here is factoring in gender demographics in regards to the First Impressions study. There has been previous research that suggest females are more decisive regarding initial impressions than males. However, further study will be needed in order to determine if this hypothesis has any empirical basis behind it.

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First Impressions (n.d.). Online Psychological Laboratory. Retrieved from

http://opl.apa.org/Experiments/FirstImpressions

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