PSY107 TMA02 Experimenter Instructions

What you need to do:

• Recruit 2 participants: both must be over 21 years old (they can be friends, family members or acquaintances who are not currently enrolled in PSY107).
• You need to test your participants separately; Participant 1 first, then Participant 2.
• Familiarise yourself with how to administer the memory test.
• It may help to have a practice session with a non-participant friend or family member.

Preparation:

• Print the following Word files:
  • 2a. Consent form (two copies; one for each participant)
  • 2b. Positive condition
  • 2c. Neutral condition

• Have a stopwatch/timer handy to time your participants.
• Administer the memory test using the printed files, with one participant doing the positive condition and the other doing the neutral condition.

Administering the memory test

Participant 1 (Positive condition)

Participant 2 (Neutral condition)

• Seat your participant and provide a pen (remember to test them separately).
• Hand the consent form to your participant and allow your participant to complete it.
• Hand the memory test sheets to your participant and get them to read the instructions; when the participant appears ready, check to see if the participant has any questions before starting the memory test.
• Get your stopwatch/timer ready as the participant is given 2 minutes to study the word list.
• Stop the participant when the time is up and get the participant to turn to the response sheet.
• Get your stopwatch/timer ready as the participant is given 2 minutes to complete the response sheet.
• Stop the participant when the time is up and collect the sheets. Give a score of 1 for each correctly recalled word.
• Thank your participant for his/her time AND debrief* your participant by explaining what the experiment was about and what you expect to find.

*Read the TMA instructions so that you have a good understanding of the research question and the experimental rationale to help you explain the study to your participant.

Post-experiment Tasks

Excel Files for your use AFTER administering the experiment:

• 3. Participant Info (enter your participant information)
• 4. PSY107 TMA02 t-test (data analysis)