After reading each experiment, write an academic essay incorporating the following questions into your response; remember to properly cite when taking information from the text.

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Introduction

• Background information - why was this study conducted?

• State the hypothesis of the research

 

Participants

• Explain how these results are generalizable OR not

 

Method

• Identify the research method used  - experiment, case study, correlational study, meta-analysis, naturalistic observation

• Procedures of research - make sure to include as much information as possible so we understand what was done in the research process

  • Then…choose something in the research to operationally define OR explain what could have been operationally defined to make this research replicable

 

Results and Discussion

• What did the researcher find? 

• How do these results help us understand human behavior?

• Explain whether the researcher used qualitative OR quantitative methods and how do you know? 

• How do the results support or refute the hypothesis?  Use specifics from the results to support. 

• What is a claim you could make about human behavior based on this research?

  • Support this claim with evidence from the text and from our AP Psychology notes. 

• Explain at least one ethical guideline applied by the researcher.

 

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