One of the fundamental skills I hope you take away from this course is the ability to apply the scientific method to understand a variety of perceptual phenomena. To that end, in this writing assignment Iâm asking you to pick some perceptual phenomenon that interests you and write a paper examining that phenomenon using the scientific method. You will need to:
1) State and describe the phenomenon youâve chosen, in sufficient detail for me to understand it. 20 points
2) Propose a hypothesis that involves this phenomenon. This may be a statement of the reasons for this phenomenon (e.g., people falsely feel their phone vibrating in their pocket because of expectancy) or a statement of the outcomes of the phenomenon (e.g., the false perception of feeling your phone vibrate leads to excessive phone checking). 20 points
3) Create a potential study that you think could test the hypothesis you generated. Explain how you will operationalize the variables in your study, the population youâre going to study, and what your participants will actually do. 40 points
4) Explain how your study tests your hypothesis. This section will connect what happens in your study back to your hypothesis. 20 points
Your paper will need to be 10 double-spaced (12 point font) pages at minimum. You will be graded on each of the sections included above. Feel free to get as creative as you want here, but remember to be ethical and make sure your study could feasibly be executed in reality (no mind reading or other ways of bypassing the fundamentals of psychology!). This assignment will replace the lowest of your exam grades (assuming you perform better on the assignment than on at least one of your exams).
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