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Introduction to Psychology Assignment -

You are required to access a journal article "Cell-phone use diminishes self-awareness of impaired driving" and answer questions that require you to indentify various components of research article.

Question 1: General Information

a) State the title of the article.

b) State the name(s) of the author(s) of the article.

c) State the name of the journal, the year of publication, volume number, and page numbers.

Question 2: Introduction

The Introduction presents existing theories and relevant past research studies providing the bases for the current research problem. Statements of the expected results are made at the end of the Introduction.

a) Identify the main aim of this research study.

b) Briefly describe what multitasking is and the potential issues with multitasking in general.

c) State the main predictions made by the researchers of this study.

Question 3: Method

The Method section of an experimental study is usually divided into the following subsections - Participants, Materials/Apparatus, Design, and Procedure. This article lists the following subsections - Participants, Measures, and Analysis.

a) Identify and briefly describe the two groups of participants.

b) Briefly explain what the driving task consisted of and how the researchers measured the performance of the drivers in the experiment.

c) Briefly describe what the participants were asked to do after completing the driving task.

Question 4: Results

The Results section reports the descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the statistical analysis can be complicated and difficult to understand especially if you are not familiar with the statistical tests used. For the purpose of this assignment, let us not be too concerned with the statistical analyses involved.

a) Explain how the list of driving errors was created, and why the researchers distinguished between minor and serious errors.

b) Briefly describe (excluding details of the statistical results) the two main differences found between the two driver groups in terms of driving errors and driving safeness.

c) Briefly describe (excluding details of the statistical results) the two main differences found between the two driver groups in terms of perceived and actual driving safeness.

Question 5: Discussion

The Discussion section presents a discussion of the results with respect to the research question set out in the Introduction. It also addresses the theoretical implications of the results.

a) The researchers state that their findings extend our understanding of why people continue to use cell-phones while they drive. Briefly discuss the argument for this statement.

b) Briefly define and describe the concept of "correlation" in Research Methods and give an example of the concept.

Question 6: Abstract

The Abstract is a concise summary of the whole article and appears at the beginning of the article. It contains key information about the research study such as, the purpose/aim of the study, the research design, research hypotheses, results, and some concluding statements about the implications of the results.

On a 5-point rating scale ranging from 1 = 'poor' to 5 = 'excellent', how would you rate the Abstract of this article? In no more than 100 words, provide reasons for your rating.

Question 7: References

The References section lists the full reference of all sources cited or referred to in the study.

a) Apply the APA style of formatting references by presenting the full reference of the following three items as you would expect them to appear in the References section:

• the assigned article
• the course textbook
• any journal article on the topic of "risky driving" found using OneSearch under SIM Library in Canvas or using Google Scholar.

Experimental Report Introduction -

This assignment requires you to collect data by conducting a memory test with and without articulatory suppression on two participants (not enrolled in PSY107) whom you will recruit. The data will be analysed using an Excel file provided. You are then required to prepare an experimental report based on the experimental results. An outline of the experimental report is provided. Please follow the detailed guidelines below.

Main tasks:

Conduct a simple pen-and-pencil experiment: Download the Word file "1. MUST read first - Experimenter Instructions" from Canvas and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to go about conducting the experiment. Other files you will need are:

• 2a. Consent form
• 2b. Suppression
• 2c. No suppression
• 3. Participant Info

Data analysis: Add your data to the group data provided in the Excel file "4. PSY107 TMA02 t-test" containing the programme for a t-test and read the notes on statistics and the notes on the experimental method to gain all the necessary background information.

Read up on Report-writing conventions.

Review the research articles listed under Assigned readings.

Write up your experimental report following the report outline.

Research Ethics - The American Psychological Association has published "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct" (2002), advising researchers of their ethical obligation to shield subjects from potentially harmful procedures.

Report-writing conventions - Experimental reports reflect the process of conducting an experiment in the following format;

Title - offers readers an idea of what the experiment is about.

Abstract - is a very brief summary of the whole report. The word limit for the Abstract in this assignment is no more than 100 words (no allowance of 10% beyond the word limit). Although the Abstract appears at the beginning of the report (i.e., just after the title) it is the last thing to write up because it summarises the entire report in a nutshell. This section enables readers to get a good idea of what the report is about and enables them to decide whether or not they will read the rest of the report. It includes the aim of the study and information relating to the experimental design, the experimental hypothesis, results, and ends with a concluding statement about the implications of the results.

Introduction - provides readers with theoretical and empirical information about the research area concerned, the experimental rationale, and the experimental hypotheses.

Methods - describes how the experiment was conducted. This section is subdivided into the following four sections:

Design - states the experimental design (within-participants or between-participants design), the independent variable (IV), and dependent variable (DV).

Participants - states relevant information about the participants, e.g., how many there were, age range or average age, and where applicable, gender breakdown, occupation, how they were recruited...

Note: For this assignment, enter your participant information in the Excel file "3. Participant Info". You should then report the total number of participants and the average age (you can also work out the age range) of the participants.

Materials/Apparatus - describes the stimuli, response sheets, and any apparatus used in the experiment.

Procedure - describes how the experiment was conducted so that anyone wanting to replicate your experiment can do so based on the information provided here.

Results - presents the (1) descriptive statistics (e.g., table of means as shown below in Table 1) with a brief description of the summary data. Here is an example:

Table 1: Mean % accurate recall on memory task

And (2) inferential statistics which states the statistical test used to analyse the data (e.g., t-test), presents the statistical results in APA format, e.g., t(8) = 2.11,p = .05 (note that '8' indicated here is the 'df' or degrees of freedom), and whether the statistical results support the experimental hypothesis or not (i.e., the experimental hypothesis is accepted or rejected, and the null hypothesis is rejected or failed to be rejected).

Discussion - starts off with a description of the results and states what conclusions can be drawn from these results. Discuss the results in relation to previous research findings mentioned in the Introduction section. Any limitations of the experiment can also be discussed and suggestions for future research can be proposed.

References - list the full reference of all sources (e.g., books, journals...) cited in your report. Refer to the referencing guide entitled "PSY Referencing Guide".

Instructions - Note:

Just write within the 1000 to 1100 words. It is only the experimental report after you have done the experiment as listed. Kindly ignore the first part of the Assignment question. Please let me have full confidence in your service. Just need to conduct experiment of 2 participants on the suppression & non-suppression which attached also. Just follow the instruction as attached as IMPORTANT NOTICE.

Attachment:- Assignment Files.rar