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In order to maintain consistency throughout the study, each of the six subjects will utilise the same source for data collection. Due to the fact that sites vary in precision (number of decimal places), activity format and number of trials, this particular measure will assist in ensuring that the evidence used to address the claim is both accurate and reliable.

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The materials used for this study included PsychMate Student Version 2.0 (St. James, Walter Schneider and Amy Eschman.) Psychology Software Tools, Inc. Along with the PsychMate software, a computer provided by Queens College was used in order to successfully complete the study.

In part two, participants completed six questions about the toy experiment. Each questions asked for different response from the surprising level, to whether to be replicated, attractiveness or not. The responses to these questions were based on an interval scale from -5 (low) to 5 (high). For Instance, question 4 asked compared to children in the no-threat condition, how do you think children in the threat condition will rank the forbidden toy (-5 = less attractiveness, 0= no impact, 5 = very attractiveness). Question 5 asked What if we did this study in Tampa, Florida? Compared to children in the no-threat condition, how do you think children in the threat condition will rank the forbidden toy? (-5= less attractiveness 5= very attractiveness), Question 7 asked: In the study you originally read, what outcome did the researchers say occurred? (This question is the manipulation check for the study, since we want to ensure that participants were to focus on this specific part of the experiment. The choices were Threat level to the children were: less attractiveness, neutral attractiveness, or

The subject of this report is Sarah Hix, a junior in 2nd period AP Psychology. Based on these naturalistic observations, some conclusions were met.

However, there were limitations and strengths in those RCTs that influence the results. For instance:

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| Based on explicit knowledge and this can be easy and fast to capture and analyse.Results can be generalised to larger populationsCan be repeated – therefore good test re-test reliability and validityStatistical analyses and interpretation are

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It is important for us to understand the methods used in psychological research so that we can assess the validity of the findings of such researches. First, we will be able to understand how researchers obtain the empirical data that serves as the foundation for their research. Subsequently, we can determine whether these data originate from case studies, surveys, naturalistic observations, or controlled experiments. In the latter case, we could know which variables are controlled and / or manipulated and how the experiments’ environments serve to regulate such conditions. Lastly, taking all these into account, we would be able to make an informed decision on the reliability of the data and the legitimacy of the psychological findings that follows.

From September 2014 to October 2015, a total of 94 patients admitted to CR unit were assessed for eligibility. 60 Patients fulfilled the criteria and 42 patients accepted to participate in the study with only 34 patients who continued to the end of the study.

measurement, researchers can evaluate after/before effect. Pretest and Posttest measurement is a critical instrument especially in this study because, this experiment focused on human psychology and as it is very vulnerable to the external changes. (Samples are imposed to see pictures)

5b. The design study adequately examines all objectives, questions, hypothesis and purpose of the study. The study tries to control erroneous variables by randomizing the subjects into groups A and B by a randomized computer generator. This was done because subjects were their own controls due to difficult randomization. The study took place over 3 days and each day 3 hours of observations were performed. An unbiased ABS rater was used and rating compared to primary researcher prior to study. The subjects were treated during their daily routines.

Participants were randomly assigned to either the romance-induced condition, the fear-induced condition, or the control group. These arousal inducing conditions acted as the independent variables, testing to see how they effected our dependent variable, misattribution. In all three conditions, participants were required to watch a short clip, and subsequently rate 30 neutral faced profiles. Beginning the study, the participants were seated to a computer, and each were assigned a link to a video clip, in random order. The first group (fear-induced arousal condition) watched a short clip from the film The Conjuring. The second group (romance-induced arousal) watched a clip from the film The Notebook. The final group, the control group, watched a short clip from the National Geographic film America before Columbus. The control groups’ film was a neutral/boring film in which there was no arousal stimuli. Afterwards, all the participants were asked to rate the same 30 profiles on attractiveness on a survey created in Qaultrics. All things considered, the experiment was built to examine the differences of mean attractiveness ratings, which was influenced by the condition they were