Psychology experienmental research report on short term memory, I want
the lay-out of the report. Or it could be any example of report method
in psychology, I want good examples of experienmental write-up

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Request for Question Clarification by mathtalk-ga on 26 Dec 2002 19:35 PST

Hi, 85-ga:

Are you looking for publication quality write ups of experimental
results?  Or more the format that might be used in "laboratory"
notebooks?

Have you consulted the "classic" paper in the field of short term
memory:

Miller, G. A. (1956) The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some
limits on our capacity for processing information. Psychological
Review, 63, 81-97.

regards, mathtalk-ga

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Clarification of Question by 85-ga on 27 Dec 2002 14:05 PST

The format that could be used in laboratory report which include the
title, summary,method etc

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Clarification of Question by 85-ga on 28 Dec 2002 10:52 PST

Yes that is what I am looking for, thanks

Okay...  my time is limited now, but let me at least see if this is
where you want to go, and then I'll post a more detailed response
later.

 Any "Psychology research"  should be done as follows:  in APA
(American Psychological Association) format, you can buy the APA book,
or see an online guide at the website, http://www.APA.org - this gives
you font, spacing, how to do page #s, etc, the technical type stuff.

 The actual report should be outlined like this:

Introduction - This is where you do your literature review (look up
studies previously done on your topic, and outline what they did and
did not do, and talk about what YOU plan to do that's different) It
should start out broad (In 1988 a study was done on short term
memory), and end up narrow (I am going to do a study on the short term
memory of college students, to determine if it is related to stress
levels at exam time)

Next, you do your PARTICIPANTS section-  WHere you describe who was in
your study, and how you found them. (Did you call and ask for
volunteers, did you randomly  sample, did you put up fliers, etc)...
and be specific (100 college students were  tested.  51 were Male, and
49 were female,  they ranged in age from 17-29, etc.)

Next, METHOD section-  where you describe WHAT happened.  Where was
the study done? (laboratory, classroom, field study, etc.).  Did the
participants know what you were testing?  Did they know you were
observing them?  What kind of surveys or tests did you give them? 
What appartus did you use? (Video recorder, stop watch, pencil, pen,
etc.)

Next, RESULTS sections - where you do the statistical analysis on the
data you collected in the method section.   Were you results
significant?  What statistical tests did you use?

Finally, you have a DISCUSSION section - where you discuss the
problems you had with your research, implications of your findings,
and whether or not you think this research should be continued, and
how.


This is how ALL psychological studies are conducted, but let me know
if this is unclear to you - or if you expected a different answer.

Let me know if you need additional assistance, I'd be more than happy
to help - and good luck with your study!

-Rebekah

Was that clear enough for you?  Or do you need further explanation?  I
know that I was broad -- I didn't go into much detail, because I
wasn't sure if that was what you wanted.  If you like, I can answer
any questions you may have about this -- and I'll look for an example
of this that I can post for you.

-Rebekah