Laboratory in Social Psychology

Listed material: Project Final Paper – The final paper is a 10- to 12-page (double spaced, 12-point font) written report of the research project. The paper is due on the 9th of December 2025 (11:59 pm).

Listed material: Blog writing: It is important for us to be able to communicate scientific findings to the general public without using jargon.

Listed material: Mortensen, C. R., & Cialdini, R. B. (2010). Full-cycle social psychology for theory and application. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4(1), 53–63.

Listed material: 2 Sept 15 Research Methods I

Listed material: Form groups of 3-4 people and choose a research topic for the Research Project As a group,

Listed material: After team discussion, meet with the teaching team.

Listed material: Research Project Rationale write up: Report research question, hypothesis, and the rationale for the hypothesis supported by the relevant literature in 1-page

Listed material: Individually written up

Listed material: Template provided due on Sept 21th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Reading: Heng, Y. T., Wagner, D. T., Barnes, C. M., & Guarana, C. L. (2018). Archival research: Expanding the methodological toolkit in social psychology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 14–22.

Listed material: 3 Sept 22 Research Methods II

Listed material: 6 Continue to work on Study design form

Listed material: Qualtrics (TA) Finalize research design, putting study on qualtrics Work on and finalize Study design form;

Listed material: Summarize the research proposal using the template (see Study design form) provided

Listed material: Include ethics checklist

Listed material: Include all relevant study materials Study design form and peer evaluation due by the end of class.

Listed material: Extra resource for Qualtrics: https://youtu.be/slsta7zqC2I

Listed material: Finalize the study Data collection may begin as soon as approval is obtained from the teaching team. Blog articles due on Nov 12 by 11:59pm 7 Oct 27 Research Methods III Preregistration (TA) Power analysis

Listed material: Preregistration due on Oct 31 by 11:59pm Collecting data

Listed material: 8 Nov 3 Be a competent consumer of scientific research Data management and cleaning (TA)

Listed material: Data collection due on Nov 9 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 9 Nov 10 Data analysis (TA)

Listed material: Data analysis for Research Project Blog articles due on Nov 12 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 10 Nov 17 Creating tables and figures using excel/words (TA) Making a poster (TA) Data analysis Make a poster

Listed material: Final Paper due on Dec 9th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Mortensen, C. R., & Cialdini, R. B. (2010). Full-cycle social psychology for theory and application. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4(1), 53–63.

Listed material: 2 Sept 13 Research Methods I

Listed material: Form groups of 3-4 people and choose a research topic for the Research Project As a group,

Listed material: After team discussion, meet with the teaching team.

Listed material: Research Project Rationale write up: Report research question, hypothesis, and the rationale for the hypothesis supported by the relevant literature in 1-page

Listed material: Individually written up

Listed material: Template provided due on Sept 19th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Reading: Heng, Y. T., Wagner, D. T., Barnes, C. M., & Guarana, C. L. (2018). Archival research: Expanding the methodological toolkit in social psychology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 14–22.

Listed material: 3 Sept 20 Research Methods II

Listed material: Design Research Project as a group:

Listed material: Operationalize and measurement of the relevant IVs and DVs

Listed material: Identify and address potential confounds, etc. Afterward, meet with the teaching team.

Listed material: proposal presentation ppt due on Sept 27 before class. 4 Sept 27 Team presenting their proposal (hypothesis and design)

Listed material: Qualtrics (TA) Finalize research design, putting study on qualtrics Work on and finalize GREB form;

Listed material: Include ethics checklist

Listed material: Extra resource for Qualtrics: https://youtu.be/slsta7zqC2I

Listed material: Article critique due on Oct 24th by 11:59pm

Listed material: 7 Oct 25 Research Methods III Preregistration (TA) Power analysis

Listed material: Preregistration due on Oct 29 by 11:59pm Collecting data

Listed material: 8 Nov 1 Communicating (Assign articles for blog writing)

Listed material: Data collection due on Nov 7 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 9 Nov 8 Data analysis (TA)

Listed material: Data analysis for Research Project Blog articles due on Nov 10 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 10 Nov 15 Creating tables and figures using excel/words (TA) Making a poster (TA) Data analysis Make a poster

Listed material: Nov 22 Finish individual Poster (e-copy), due on 22nd Nov by 11:59 pm

Listed material: Final Paper due on Dec 9th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Project Proposal GREB Form: Power analysis to decide on sample size

Listed material: Include ethics checklist

Listed material: Include all relevant study materials Work on GREB form; GREB form and peer evaluation due on 18th Oct by 11:59pm

Listed material: Qualtrics (TA) Extra resource: https://youtu.be/slsta7zqC2I

Listed material: Article critique due on Oct 27th by 11:59pm

Listed material: 7 Oct 28 Research Methods III Preregistration (TA)

Listed material: Preregistration due on Nov 1 by 11:59pm Collecting data

Listed material: 8 Nov 4 Communicating (Assign articles for blog writing)

Listed material: Data collection due on Nov 10 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 9 Nov 11 Data management Data analysis (TA)

Listed material: Data cleaning and analysis for Research Project Blog articles due on Nov 12 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 10 Nov 18 Creating tables and figures using excel/words (TA)

Listed material: Final Paper due on Dec 9th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Proposal Presentation (team): Team presents the proposal to get feedback from the class.

Listed material: Project Paper – The final paper is a 10- to 12-page (double spaced, 12-point font) written report of the research project.

Listed material: 6 Article critique due on Oct 26th by 11:59pm

Listed material: 7 Oct 27 Research Methods III Preregistration (TA)

Listed material: Preregistration due on Nov 1 by 11:59pm Collecting data

Listed material: 8 Nov 3 Communicating (Assign articles for blog writing)

Listed material: Data collection due on Nov 7 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 9 Nov 10 Data management Data analysis (TA)

Listed material: Data cleaning and analysis for Research Project Blog articles due on Nov 11 by 11:59pm

Listed material: 10 Nov 17 Creating tables and figures using excel/words (TA)

Listed material: Final Paper due on Dec 9th by 11:59pm

Listed material: Proposal Presentation (team): Team presents the proposal to get feedback from the class.

Listed material: Project Paper – The final paper is a 10- to 12-page (double spaced, 12-point font) written report of the research project.

Listed material: 6 Oct 10 Communicating Assign articles for blog writing Preregistration Power analysis to decide on sample size Finalize the experimental design, materials, and protocol. Obtain approval from Instructor.

Listed material: Data collection can only begin after obtaining instructor’s approval Data collection may begin as soon as approval is obtained. 7 Oct 17 Research Methods (TA)

Listed material: Preregistration Project 1: Method Project 2: Method Blog articles due on Oct 30, 11:59pm 8 Oct 31 Data management Hands-on practice with Research Project 1’s data Project 1: Result Project 2 data collection due on 6 Nov 11:59pm 9 Nov 7 Data analysis

Listed material: Paper for Project 2 due on Dec 9th 4pm