Lego Lesson

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Reflect: What did you learn about procedural replication and planning research studies from this task?

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How do you think this task applies to conducting research in psychology or any other scientific field?

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What would you change about the instructions to make your assembly task easier?

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What made the task easy? What made the task difficult?

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Did you correctly assemble the structure(s)? If no, what did you do incorrectly?

Fill in the Blanks

Replication is when a scientist

another scientist lab procedures.

Multiple Choice

A description of the specific procedure used to determine the presence of a variable.  Created so that the experiment can be replicated by others.

• operational definition
• independent variable
• controlled group

Multiple Choice

The ___________is expected to change as the IV changes.

• IV

• DV

• Controls

• Samples

Multiple Choice

Which kind of study can establish a cause-effect relationship between variables, assuming that the research is appropriate and well conceived?

• survey

• case study

• correlational study

• experiment

Poll

How confident do you feel about this topic now?

• Very confident
• Somewhat confident
• Not confident