Humanities Homework Help

part seven

The Serial Position Experiment

Using CogLab, complete the serial position experiment and create a report on the experiment.

In your report, write a brief introduction explaining what the serial position effect is. In addition, include some representative researches on this effect. Next, in the Methods section, describe the process that you followed to complete the experiment, including a description of the materials used and the stimuli. Make sure to include enough information so that others can also perform the same experiment successfully.

Finally, describe the experimental results. In addition, determine if the experiment showed primacy and recency effects. Provide a rationale to support your answer. Summarize your report, including answers to the following questions:

• Were the results in accordance with your expectation? Provide a rationale to support your answer.
• Did anything about the experiment surprise you? If yes, what?
• What factors would influence the results of the serial position experiment?

PART 8

The Lexical Decision Experiment

Using CogLab, complete the lexical decision experiment and create a report on the experiment.

In your report, write a brief introduction explaining the organization of lexicons. In addition, include some representative researches on lexical decision. Next, in the Methods section, describe the process that you followed to complete the experiment, including a description of the materials used and the stimuli. Make sure to include enough information so that others can also perform the same experiment successfully.

Finally, describe the experimental results. In addition, determine whether your results showed semantic priming. Provide a rationale to support your answer. Summarize your report, including answers to the following questions:

• Were the results in accordance with your expectations? Provide a rationale to support your answer.
• Did anything about the experiment surprise you? If yes, what? Did you respond faster to words or nonwords?
• In your opinion, what factors would influence the results of the lexical decision experiment?

• part 9

• The False Memory Experiment

  Using CogLab, complete the false memory experiment and create a report on the experiment.In your report, write a brief introduction describing the history of false memory research. Next, in the Methods section, describe the process that you followed to complete the experiment, including a description of the materials used and the stimuli. Make sure to include enough information so that others can also perform the same experiment successfully.Finally, describe the experimental results. In addition, determine how confident you were about your memory for words. Provide a rationale to support your answer. Summarize your report, including answers to the following questions:

  • Were the results in accordance with your expectations? Provide a rationale to support your answer.
  • Did anything about the experiment surprise you? If yes, what? Do you think you saw words that were not on the original list?
  • What factors would influence the results of the false memory experiment?