PSY107: Introduction to Psychology 1 assignment, SUSS, Singapore

1. Copy the Introduction below and fill in the blanks with details of the experimental hypothesis and the null hypothesis.
2. The research cited in the Introduction forms the basis of the experimental study and once the data is analyzed, the experimental results are discussed in the Discussion section with reference to the research cited in the Introduction. You are not supposed to introduce new literature in the Discussion section of the experimental report. In other words, you are restricted to discussing your experimental results in relation to the few studies cited in the Introduction section.

However, if you find the studies already cited in the Introduction restrictive, you may introduce additional material in the Introduction or rewrite the entire Introduction section using research findings from your own literature review, and this will enable you to expand your discussion in the Discussion section.
Memory is a cognitive, information-processing system that enables us to store and retrieve information over time (Zimbardo et al., 2017). Because memory is an imperfect process of reconstruction, our memories can be susceptible to various kinds of errors and distortions (Kensinger & Corkin, 2004). For example, Roediger and McDermott (1995) found that when presenting participants with lists of thematically-related words with a critical but un presented lure (e.g., the words thread, pin, eye, sewing, sharp, and point are presented, but not the critically associated word needle) participants would falsely recall the critical lure. More recent studies (e.g., Dehon & Brédart, 2004) have used this sort of test (called the DRM paradigm) to establish that older adults are more likely to falsely recall the critical lure than younger adults. Based on past findings, the present study attempts to replicate the finding that older adults are more susceptible to false memories by using lists of words and a recognition test.

The experimental hypothesis predicts that _________________________________________ while the null hypothesis predicts that ____________________

PSY107 TMA02: Sample Good TMA
This assignment requires you to administer the Stroop Test and practice writing up an experimental report.
Research question: Will naming colors aloud be slower when the colors are presented as incongruent color names than when the colors are presented as congruent color names?

Title
The Effects of Stroop Interference on Effort

Abstract
The experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of Stroop interference on an individual’s effort. A list of congruent and incongruent color names was given to 2 groups of participants to test the experimental hypothesis that the group with the congruent color list will take the shortest amount of time to name the ink colors. [Tutor comment: You may include more details of your participants such as the profiles of the participants and the research design.] The mean response time for the group with the congruent color name list was lower as compared to the group with the incongruent color list and this study shows that it takes a certain amount of effort by the individual to overcome the effects. [Tutor comment: It is useful to explain how
the results are consistent with past research findings that support the Stroop effect.]

Introduction
The Stroop task is a test between an automatic process like word reading against a controlled process like color naming (Posner & Synder, 1975; Shiffrin & Schneider, 1977, as cited in MacLeod, 1992). MacLeod (1991a&b) goes on to explain that an individual would take a longer time to identify the color ink when it is printed on a different color word. This means that the individual’s response time would be slowed when the person is asked to identify the color “blue” upon seeing the word PINK that is printed in blue ink. More recent research on the Stroop effect has continued to support this finding (Cothran & Larsen, 2008).