You will use APA’s Online Psychology Laboratory (OPL) for this assessment. See the link in your APA Online Psychology Laboratory reading list.
Start by going to APA’s OPL and creating an account. This is a free account and doesn’t take long to set up.
From within the APA Online Psychology Lab, go to Experiments. Then select one of the following experiments:
Be a Juror.
Numerical Memory.
Facial Recognition.
These three options have been chosen because they will simplify the research design process for you. Review the brief guides below for information on variables and analysis that may help you pick which of these 3 selected experiments you are most interested in reviewing:
Be A Juror Guide [DOCX] Download Be A Juror Guide [DOCX].
Numerical Memory Guide [DOCX] Download Numerical Memory Guide [DOCX].
Facial Recognition Guide [DOCX] Download Facial Recognition Guide [DOCX].
Once you’ve chosen an experiment, select that experiment and go to the Description tab. Read the description thoroughly. Take notes on keywords and concepts. This will be the subject of your literature review. You can start by locating the articles mentioned on the Description tab.
Note that you will be using this same selected experiment throughout all assessments. Once selected, it will be the basis for all of your work in this course.
Articles for Your Literature Review
Before you conduct research, you need to center your hypothesis and supporting literature on this topic through a literature review, which will be the first piece of your project. You will need to find at least seven peer-reviewed journal articles to use for your literature review. Below are resources that may help you.
Start with Research Methods in Psychology Library Guide, which provides focused library databases and APA resources that may direct your article search.
Organizing all of your articles and notes will help you work through your literature review more efficiently. Complete Developing a Matrix to Organize Your Literature Review, which will help you organize your notes and think of ways to categorize your findings, such as definitions, variables, findings, and population. It also provides an example of a completed matrix.
Write a 3–5 page literature review to introduce your selected experiment that incorporates at least seven peer-reviewed journal articles; at least one should be a study from an international source (a journal published outside the United States and/or authors from outside the United States) or one that includes non-Western participants. It’s recommended that you use the Literature Review Template [DOCX] Download Literature Review Template [DOCX]for this paper. It contains formatting and additional suggestions to help you write your literature review.
Address the following within your literature review. Ensure that each main point of your paper is supported clearly with evidence from your sources. Under some points, there are guiding questions to guide your thinking, but be sure to consult the assessment scoring guide to make sure you are covering all of what will be assessed.
Explain the psychological concepts that were addressed in the research.
Are there any patterns, themes, or trends that you were able to trace in your research?
Describe the concepts related to the theory that will be the basis for your research.
Discuss the value and the limitations of the theoretical concepts.
Develop a plausible hypothesis for the experiment that relies on evidence and reasoning. Use the information in the Description tab for your experiment in OPL.
Use APA style formatting, citations, and references.
