PSY 260 Intro to Learning and Cognition
This paperserves as the designated inquiry assignment for this course. The inquiry learning outcomes are as follows:
• Formulate an appropriate research question and provide context for it;
• Evaluate, and use information needed to support the research topic through a literature search;
• Formulate a methodology to examine the research question;
• Conduct research to answer the research question, making appropriate connections among ideas and drawing conclusions; and
• Formally present the results of the inquiry project.
Instructions
(1) The first step in writing this paper involves retrieving, reading, and summarizing four peer-reviewed scientific articles on false memory.
(2) Summarize. For each article, answer the following questions.
• What was the general purpose of the study?
• How did the researchers define false memory?
• What was/were the researchers' hypothesis (es)ortheir research questions?
• How did the researchers collect data, and from whom? For example, did they survey college students? Design an experiment for adults? Observe children doing a task?
• What did they researchers find? In other words, what were the results of the study? Was their hypothesis supported?
(3) Evaluate.
• Describeat least one major strength and one major limitation of each study. For example, a strength might be that the study was conducted in several different cultures. A limitation might be that the researchers included only men or only women.
• Identify the independent variable(s) (the variable that is manipulated) and the dependent variable (the variable that is measured).
(4)Synthesize.
• What do these articles tell you about false memory?
• What would you still like to know about the topic? Imagine that you are going to design a research study on the same (or related topic) and do the following:
o Create a hypothesis or research question that was not tested in the articles you read but is related to the topic.
o Design a research method (procedure and participants): In other words, how would you collect data related to answer your research question(s)?
o What are the practical implications of your proposed study?