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PSY 201 – FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH – SPRING 2020

RESEARCH PROPOSAL ASSIGNMENT  

DUE MONDAY MAY 18, 2020 (NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED)

10 – 12 pages (excluding title page, abstract and references); Double-spaced;12 pt font;

20% (20 points) of your final grade.

You will be required to submit a research proposal using APA style. This final paper will be worth 20% of your final grade. I will be using a strict rubric to grade this assignment so the effort that you put into writing this proposal will pay off. You will have multiple opportunities throughout the semester, through the Blackboard Assignments, to gain valuable feedback on sections of this final assignment. If you include the Blackboard Assignments in the overall weight and effort needed for this assignment – this research proposal is essentially 40% of your final grade. You will not be able to earn the complete 20% of your grade for this assignment if you do not complete all of the Blackboard assignments.

All research proposals must include the following:

1. Title Page & Abstract

1. Introduction (3 – 5 pages) (BB Assignment 3 – draft due 4/20/20):

Introduce your reader to your topic. Make some broad statement about the overall topic of your research.

• Literature Review. The literature review is included in the introduction: This should include at least 10 journal sources. This literature review must include a review of the valid research that you will be basing your hypotheses or research questions on. Make sure to explain each theory and clearly state how each applies to your research question/s. You could also include details related to particular studies but do not take up too much space with summarizing other studies.
• Explain the reason for why you are proposing to conduct the experiment. Make sure to indicate why you believe your proposed research project is important to the field psychology. What questions will it address and attempt to answer? Why is this important?
• Hypotheses/Research Questions. Remember good hypotheses must be falsifiable. That is, they can be shown to be false by contradictory evidence. Describe your hypotheses or research questions here.

Organization of the introduction. Usually the introduction begins with a brief paragraph that introduces the research question/problem and why it is important to study. Then the question/problem is described in more detail using past research and theory to make various points. In the final paragraphs, the author restates the problem and briefly describes how he/she plans to explore the problem (listing independent and dependent variables). The author then lists the hypotheses that he/she will be testing.

1. Method (3 – 5 pages) (BB Assignment 4 – draft due April 20, 2020):

Present a detailed plan of how you propose to conduct your study. Include a description of your participants, materials and instruments, the design of the study, and a step by step procedure. Be sure you include appropriate control groups in your design. This section must include the following sub-sections:

• Describe your proposed participant (or subject) sample.
  1. Sample Size
  2. Demographics (age, gender, race, and other individual difference variables important to your study).
  3. How you will assign your participants to groups (random assignment, naturally occurring groups).
• Study design. Explain why you chose this particular design. What are the benefits and the limitations of the design you chose?
• Measures/techniques/instruments you will be using. If you are using a measure that has been validated cite the author and describe the measure. Otherwise operationally define all of your measures (dependent variables) and this can include adding them in an abstract.
• Step by step description of where and how the experiment will be conducted so it can be replicated; include description of stimulus observed; state exactly what data will be recorded. Make sure to include the informed consent and debriefing processes.
• Describe the statistics you will use to test each of your hypotheses (descriptive and inferential).

1. Potential Harm to Participants (1 – 2 pages) (BB Assignment 5 – draft of complete proposal due May 11, 2020): Using what you have learned through the CITI Program and the chapter in your book, describe the risks that participation in your study might pose to your participants. We will discuss this further in class. Write about how the benefits of this research will outweigh the risks of potential harm.

1. Anticipated Results (1 – 2 pages) (BB Assignment 5 – draft of complete proposal due May 11, 2020): Describe what you think the anticipated results of your study might be. Will your hypotheses be proven true? What do you expect your data to find? Remember you are NOT conducting this research just writing a proposal to conduct this research.