Priming refers to a participants change or improvement in performance while participating in a cognitive task e.g., lexical naming task as a result of exposure to a stimulus or prior experience (McNamara & Holbrook, 2003). Semantic priming has been a focus of research in the cognitive sciences and is commonly used as a tool for […]
Physical Attractiveness Of Defendant
Abstract The purpose of the investigation was to see if the physical attractiveness of a defendant has an influence of the severity of prison sentences given for a crime of fraud. An opportunity sample consisting of 10 males and 10 females taken from sixth form students at school aged 16-18 was used. A crime vignette […]
Perceptive Fields and the Hermann Grid Illusion
Measuring Perceptive fields using the Hermann Grid Illusion Lachlan Cox Abstract This study looks at how displacement of the fovea changes how the Hermann Grid illusion is shown at different bar widths. The first hypothesis was that the bar width at which the illusion was maximal would increase with increased eccentricity. The second hypothesis was […]
Muller-lyer illusion
Illusion 2Abstract The current experiment was based on the Muller-Lyer Illusion. There were 28 participants that were presented with two vertical lines that appeared on a screen. The line on the upper right of the screen had outward-drawn wings, and the line on the upper left had no wings. Participants were presented with a number […]
Measurements Statistics And Significant Digits
Have you ever wondered why the package of MMs you just bought never seems to have enough of your favorite color? Why is it that you always seem to get the package of mostly brown M&Ms? Is the number of the different colors of M&Ms in a package really different from one package to the […]
Major Depressive Disorder Assessment Strategies
Introduction The mental health problem that I have selected is Major Depressive Disorder. This can be recognized by low mood, low self-esteem and loss of pleasure in normal activities. This is known by many names such as clinical depression, unipolar depression and major depressive disorder. The symptoms interfere with all areas of a person’s life- […]
Link Between Obesity and Lack of Sleep
Zara J. Damania Abstract This study aims to investigate whether there is a bidirectional relationship between poor sleep quality, high body mass index (BMI) and disordered eating (binge-eating and night-time eating). Participants were a community-derived sample (N= 330) of people recruited through advertisements placed at the Australian National University (ANU) campus and a number of […]
Investigation into different levels of processing
The following study was based on the “levels of processing theory” put forward by Craick and Lochart (Craick & Lockhart, 1972), which states that we are more likely to recall information when deeper levels of processing are used. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between levels of processing and the relative […]
Intentional and Unintentional Learning Effect on Word Recall
An Investigation into Intentional and Incidental Learning and their Effectiveness when Recalling Words and the Effectiveness of Recalling Abstract and Concrete Words Nicole Canning Abstract This study was based on memory and the most effective ways to recall words, with the aim being to investigate whether intentional or incidental learning is most effective when recalling […]
Goodness Of Fit Of A Logistic Regression Model Psychology Essay
Logistic regression is a linear regression analysis to conduct when the dependent variable is dichotomous (binary).It is predictable and use to describe data and to explain relationship between one dependent binary variable and one or more metric independent variables. It assumes that dependent variable is a stochastic event (Dallag 2007, Field 2009, Gujarati, 2006, Sim […]