Discussion Post
1) Introduction section:
• What is the overall purpose of this study?
• Why was the author conducting this experiment?
• What theory is the author testing in this research?
• What is the author's hypothesis?
2) Method section:
• How were subjects selected for this experiment?
• What were the subjects' ages, gender, and other characteristics?
• What were the experimental conditions used in the experiment? Please describe with detail.
• What were the control conditions used? Describe in detail.
• What were the independent and dependent variables?
3) Results section:
• How did the researchers score the dependent variables?
• What types of statistical analyses were used?
• What did the statistical analyses indicate?
• How significant were the results?
4) Discussion section:
• Did the results of the experiment support the experimenter's hypothesis?
• How did the author summarize the outcome of their experiment?
• Were there results of the experiment that were inconsistent with the researcher's initial hypothesis or theory?
• Can you relate this article to a section of the textbook, or explain why this is important to that particular area of psychology?
The response must include a reference list. Using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, double-space, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.