Checklist and Grading format for
Paper #3 (Stroop effect)
Abstract
This is an overall
summary of your paper where you will discuss a little bit about each section.
It comes at the beginning of the paper, but it is helpful to do it last!
Introduction
Present a
logical narrative about the topic, going from general to specific. One possible
suggestion for how you could approach it:
(1)
Discuss the concepts of information processing and/or automatic attention in a
general way.
(2)
Discuss the original Stroop experiment (1935).
What did it show and how? What
were its implications in the field of cognitive Psychology? (This original
study can be tough to get through, but there are other papers that summarize it
well (some are listed on the list of reference suggestions I posted on
Blackboard.))
(3) Go further in discussing how these
concepts were explored in later and more current research. (Automaticity,
selective attention, information processing, etc.) Use other references here.
(4) Have it lead into the Aim and Hypotheses of
our experiment.
Aim: Demonstrate the automaticity of
information processing using the Stroop Test.
Hypothesis:
The
incongruent condition of the Stoop test will take significantly longer to
complete than the congruent condition.
Method
Explain what was done, in enough
detail that someone could replicate what we did.
1. Participants
How
many people participated? Describe their
demographics as far as we know. What kind of sample is it?
2. Materials
What
materials did we use to carry out the research? Type of computers, website,
test, etc.
3. Procedure
What
exactly did you do? Explain when, where and how you collected your data, in
enough detail that someone could replicate our study exactly. How does the test work? What trials/conditions
did you do? How many items in each condition?
Results
1.
Descriptive statistics.
2. What kind of statistical test did we do?
Did it support, partially support, or contradict your hypotheses? Refer to
tables and figures.
Discussion
Relate the results of your
experiment back to the story in your introduction. Now, go from the specific back to the general
to explain the larger meaning of your research.
1. Summarize your results in words and draw some general conclusions
about what the relationships of the variables are and whether or not the
hypotheses were supported. Explain the results conceptually, not just saying
they were significant. In what direction
were they significant?
2. How do your results compare to the research cited in your
introduction? If they are consistent,
then explain the similarities. If they
are different, then postulate reasons about what could have made the
difference.
3. Discuss the limitations of the
study—i.e. in what
ways your study, as currently set up, cannot fully answer the larger questions
about the topic. How could we overcome
these limitations in designing a new study?
4. Future research possibilities:
Discuss some ideas for a next study you might do to explore this topic
further. You can discuss some other
ideas that deal with automatic vs. non-automatic information processing like
the Stroop effect. Identify some new
variables, new procedures, or items that you would explore further.
References
In APA format, list the
bibliographic references for all the sources you cited. Every item in the References must appear in
the paper, and vice versa. You should
have at least 5 references, in addition the original Stroop paper (1935)
if you use it. If you don’t use the original Stroop paper, 5 total references
is okay.
Tables
and figures
Tables: Use relevant tables in APA
format.
Figure: Use relevant figures in APA
format.
