A Lego Bionicle
Description: This assignment concerns Ariely’s Bionicles study (Ariely, Ch. 2) . The study is a combination correlation AND experiment: this assignment only concerns the experiment part of the study – you will need to differentiate between the part of the study concerning correlation and the part that is an experiment to be successful in this assignment.
Outcomes: As a result of completing this assignment, students will be able to:
- differentiate between experiments and correlation studies
- apply psychological researchÂ
- incorporate systematic critical thinking in arriving at conclusions about behavior and mental processes
- develop the ability to work effectively with others
- write effectively on topics in psychology using psychological concepts and terms, specifically those pertaining to the experiment for this assignment
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Instructions: based on the information you learned this week about research methods in psychology, and based on the description of the Bionicles study in the textbook and the video assigned this week from TEDx about the Bionicles study, please answer the following questions.
- Please ascertain (Links to an external site.) the following for Ariely’s Bionicles study:
- Did the study investigate “small m” or “large M” motivation? Please explain how you know.
- The hypothesisÂ
- Independent variable
- Dependent variable
- Results – What conclusions did Ariely and his team draw and why?
- Please explain your answers in full, using complete sentences, e.g., “This variable is the independent variable because…” .
- Please substantiate your claims based on what you learned in the Stangor reading about experimental design (Ch. 2).
