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Questions: Overview: In this activity, psychology students will design a basic psychological experiment. The purpose of the experiment is to help students gain a better understanding of how to develop a research problem, research objective, hypothesis, independent and dependent variables, experimental and control groups. Instructions: Identify the following on your experiment.
1. Title: (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound)
2. Research Problem: Choose a research problem that focuses on experimental psychology. Examples of research problems in experimental psychology include memory, attention, perception, learning, decision-making, motivation, or social influence. In addition, include the rationale of your experiment.
3. Research Objective: Develop a research objective that is clear, concise, and measurable. The research objective should be aligned with the research problem.
4. Hypothesis: Develop a hypothesis that is clear, testable, and aligned with the research problem and research objective. The hypothesis should predict the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
5. Independent Variable: Identify the independent variable that will be manipulated in the experiment.
6. Dependent Variable: Identify the dependent variable that will be measured or observed in the experiment.
7. Experimental Group and Control Group: Identify the experimental and control groups in the experiment. The experimental group will receive the independent variable while the control group will not receive the independent variable. The groups should be similar in all other aspects.