Age and the Stroop Effect Research Report

You are acting like you are the researcher who conducted this study! However, you do not have to actually collect the data – the instructor will provide that.

write this paper in third person, so your hypothesis should be in third person as well.

In order to understand how the study works and how data was collected, you will need to participate in an online experiment on the Stroop Effect. (The tests is the PDF file provided)

Once you have completed the experiment you will need to analyze data (the data provided) and write a lab report (7- 10 pages – not including the title page or references) in APA style consisting of the following sections:

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Method
• Results
• Discussion
• References

(More information on each section is located below)

Here is the data file: DATA

Remember that you were given additional details in the Hypothesis discussion.

Write the report as if you were the researcher conducting the experiment. The data given includes the gender and age of the participants as well as two columns of results data (reading the words and saying the colors). Use as much of the data provided as possible. Do not discard any data unless there is a really good reason to do so.

Pay careful attention to APA Style as it represents a significant portion of the grade for the paper and is an intended learning outcome for the course.

Main components on your research paper

1. Title page –main points of a title page are included.
2. Abstract – This is a well written summary of your paper.

·         Give the reader a clear picture of your paper.

·         Include everything from a quick introduction of the topic, findings and method to a sentence that implies that you will discuss results and implications.

1. Introduction – Not a summary of your paper.

·         The introduction should be 2-3 pages of double-spaced writing. your topic in general.

·         Discuss research from relevant published studies.

·         Cite most, if not all, of your 8 references from peer reviewed sources.

·         Provide a rationale for your study.

·         Finish by clearly stating your hypothesis.

1. 1. Here is an article to get you started- this website isn’t the source for this article.

1. Methods – Split this section into participants, materials, and procedures subsections.

·         You know the gender and age of all of your participants.

·         You are welcome to include other demographic or recruiting information as it helps you with your study.

a. Try the study here so you can adequately write about the procedures.

1. Results – Use the data provided to calculate your results.

·         Your hypothesis drives your statistics.

·         Think about what statistics you need to include to test your hypothesis.

·         Write out all of your results even if you are including them in a table.

·         Include charts & tables.

1. Discussion – Talk about what you think.

·         Restate your results and talk about what they mean.

·         What are the implications of your findings? Why are they important? For instance, why should we care that age affects the Stroop effect? Or that younger people perform better than older people in the Stroop task?

·         Talk about the limitations to your study and give specific ideas for future research.

1. References – References (and the entire paper) needs to be in APA format.

·         Use at least 8 references from peer reviewed sources (e.g., journals).