Research report of a laboratory experiment in the area of cognitive psychology Psychological Investigation – Research proposal Research planning: How will you gather participants? How many will you need? Where will you conduct your experiment? Explain the procedure you will follow when conducting your research (you may want to create a set of standardised instructions) […]
Assignment Brief Plan and carry out a laboratory experiment in the field of cognitive psychology and write a 2500-3500 word report on ONE of the following topics: A: Context dependent memory (long term memory retrieval) B: Digit span (short-term memory capacity) C: Stroop effect (selective attention) D: Perceptual set: (attentional bias) In your report you […]
Highlights from Textbook Readings Chapter 1: Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science. What is psychology and what is it not? Types of psychological research and research ethics. What is pseudo-psychology? Chapter 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature Focus on the brain and in this chapter. Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception Focus especially on perception. Chapter 4: […]
