Research report in Cognition.
You will be required to write a research report in APA style (including interpretation of some simple data analyses) on a topic from within the broad area of cognitive psychology. This topic, and the data that will form the basis of your report will be provided in the relevant module in Interact 2 at the start of the session.
The word count includes abstract (250 words limit) and in-text citation but excludes reference list.
Rationale
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the dominant paradigm in cognitive psychology i.e., the study of the interactions between environmental information and the human processor of information
- be able to demonstrate an understanding of the range and complexity of human mental processes
- be able to use and understand the methodologies of cognitive psychology applied to the study of mental processes
- be able to identify aspects of the material and personal environment which might affect the efficiency of human information processing
- be able to appreciate the many applications of cognitive psychology
This research report is designed to help you develop (and help me evaluate) various skills relevant to research and critical analysis as applicable to the field of cognitive psychology. These skills address your ability to:
- formulate (based on subject content and your own reviews of previous research) an appropriate hypothesis (or hypotheses) about a given topic;
- interpret appropriate statistical analyses to test the hypothesis (hypotheses);
- present the findings of analyses accurately and in a format appropriate for academic dissemination (methods and results section of report using APA style); and
- critically analyse and interpret findings with respect to relevant theories (introduction and discussion sections of a report).
Marking criteria and standards
Marking
Title/Abstract: 5%
Introduction: 30%
Methods: 15%
Results: 15%
Discussion: 30%
Writing style and referencing: 5%
Total: 100%
The total mark you receive for your assignment will be out of 100, and will then be converted to a mark out of 40 before it is entered in Grade Centre (as this assignment is worth 40% of your final mark for this subject).