Table of Contents:
Contents
Preface
Topic 1: Scientific Observation 1
Laboratory Exercise 1: Relationship Between Learning Styles and Grade PointAverage 2
Laboratory Exercise 2: Recall of Dreams 11
Laboratory Exercise 3: Content Analysis of Dreams 12
Topic 2: Problem Identification and Hypothesis Testing 17
Laboratory Exercise 1: Searching the Literature 27
Laboratory Exercise 2: Identifying Research Problems and Hypotheses 28
Laboratory Exercise 3: Evaluating Psychologically-Oriented Internet Web Site 29
Topic 3: Operations Definitions 31
Laboratory Exercise 1: Defining the Concept of Anxiety 31
Laboratory Exercise 2: Operationally Defining the Concept of Anxiety 33
Laboratory Exercise 3: Self-Report Questionnaires Assessing Anxiety 35
Laboratory Exercise 4: Practice in Defining Concepts Operationally 41
Topic 4: Naturalistic Observation 43
Laboratory Exercise 1: Analyzing a Naturalistic Observation 43
Laboratory Exercise 2: Developing your Observational Skills 45
Laboratory Exercise 3: Observing Dyadic Conversation Distances 46
Laboratory Exercise 4: Book Carrying Behavior 49
Laboratory Exercise 5: Observing Driver Behavior 51
Topic 5: Archival Research55
Laboratory Exercise 1: Violence in Television Programs 55
Laboratory Exercise 2: Graffiti 59
Topic 6: Surveys 61
Laboratory Exercise 1: Evaluating Surveys 61
Laboratory Exercise 2: Internet Survey Research 63
Laboratory Exercise 3: Survey on Alcohol Use 65
Laboratory Exercise 4: Survey on ESP Attitudes and Experiences 71
Topic 7: Ex Post Facto Studies
Laboratory Exercise 1: Evaluating Ex Post Factor Studies 73
Laboratory Exercise 2: Gender Differences in Spatial Ability 75
Topic 8: Independent and Dependent Variables 79
Laboratory Exercise 1: Identifying Independent and Dependent Variable 79
Laboratory Exercise 2: Developing Independent and Dependent Variables 83
Laboratory Exercise 3: Paired-Associate Learning of Low and High Imagery Word 87
Laboratory Exercise 4: Jury Simulation Research 93
Topic 9: Control 97
Laboratory Exercise 1: Identifying Uncontrolled Variables 97
Laboratory Exercise 2: Production of Visual Illusion Reversals — Practice Effects 101
Topic 10: Control Techniques 109
Laboratory Exercise 1: Identifying Control Techniques 110
Laboratory Exercise 2: Assigning Participants to Treatment Groups 111
Topic 11: Design 115
Laboratory Exercise 1: Designing an Obesity Study 115
Laboratory Exercise 2: Designing an Interpersonal Attraction Study 119
Laboratory Exercise 3: Carrying Out an Interpersonal Attraction Experiment 124
Topic 12: Quasi-Experimental Designs 137
Laboratory Exercise 1: The Effects of Role Change on Attitudes 137
Laboratory Exercise 2: Employee Participating in Incentive Pay Plan 138
Laboratory Exercise 3: Intelligence and Achievement — Which is the Causal Agent 139
Laboratory Exercise 4: Jay Walking Behavior 140
Topic 13: Single-Case and Single-Group Designs 141
Laboratory Exercise 1: Evaluating Single-Case Designs in Published Research 142
Laboratory Exercise 2: Designing Single-Case Study — Increasing Safety Seat Belt Usage 143
Laboratory Exercise 3: Designing Single-Case Study — Behavior Modification of Nocturnal Enuresis (Bedwetting) 150
Laboratory Exercise 4: Designing Single-Case Study — Behavior Modification of Bizarre Verbalizations 151
Laboratory Exercise 5: Designing a Single-Group Study — Reducing Littering Behavior 152
Topic 14: Ethics 153
Laboratory Exercise 1: Ethics of Psychological Research 155
Laboratory Exercise 2: Evaluating and Developing Consent Forms 160
Laboratory Exercise 3: Developing a Debriefing Form 165
Topic 15: Analyzing Published Studies 167
Laboratory Exercise 1: Analyzing a Published Research Article 167
Appendices:
A. Surveys for Topic 6: Surveys 171
B. Test for Topic 7: Ex Post Facto Studies (Mental Rotations Test) 213
C. Materials for Topic 8: Independent and Dependent Variables 227
