Psychology 6: Cognitive Psychology

Proof required

Link the public repo with a memory experiment (for example the testing effect or serial position) in jsPsych or PsychoPy, run on consenting adults: the experiment code, a link to run it, and the anonymous data from your test runs. Add the consent text you used.

What gets checked

• The effect is predicted before running it.
• Conditions are counterbalanced.
• Data from people follows the rules: adults, consent, anonymous, no health or clinical data.

Common mistakes

• Results the files cannot reproduce.
• A summary of the reading instead of your own work.

Powstik Guide

A memory experiment (for example the testing effect or serial position) in jsPsych or PsychoPy, run on consenting adults.

Steps

1. Read the linked chapter and take the self-check.
2. Make a public repo.
3. Build the smallest version that works, then check it.
4. Write a README: the question, the method, what you found, the limits.
5. Ask someone who knows psychology to check it.

README
Course 6: Cognitive Psychology
Question:
Data (source, n, how it was collected):
Method:
Result:
Limits:

What gets sent back

• No data or no code.
• Data from people that breaks the rules above.
• Copied work with no history.

Resources

What a verifier looks for

• The effect is predicted before running it.
• Conditions are counterbalanced.
• The result is compared with the classic finding.
• Data from people follows the rules: adults, consent, anonymous, no health or clinical data.
• Do the files produce what the README says?

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Proof required

Link the public repo with a notebook analysing a Stroop or visual-search task (your own data from consenting adults, or open data): the notebook, the data (or a link to the open dataset) and a README saying what it shows. Add the consent text you used.

What gets checked

• Errors and outliers are handled by a stated rule.
• The effect size is reported.
• Data from people follows the rules: adults, consent, anonymous, no health or clinical data.

Common mistakes

• Results the files cannot reproduce.
• A summary of the reading instead of your own work.

Powstik Guide

A notebook analysing a Stroop or visual-search task (your own data from consenting adults, or open data).

Steps

1. Read the linked chapter and take the self-check.
2. Make a public repo.
3. Build the smallest version that works, then check it.
4. Write a README: the question, the method, what you found, the limits.
5. Ask someone who knows psychology to check it.

README
Course 6: Cognitive Psychology
Question:
Data (source, n, how it was collected):
Method:
Result:
Limits:

What gets sent back

• No data or no code.
• Data from people that breaks the rules above.
• Copied work with no history.

Resources

What a verifier looks for

• Errors and outliers are handled by a stated rule.
• The effect size is reported.
• The plot shows each condition.
• Data from people follows the rules: adults, consent, anonymous, no health or clinical data.
• Do the files produce what the README says?

You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.

Proof required

Name the people who heard a 5-minute talk on one decision bias: the classic study, a replication, and where it does not hold and add the slides and the recording or their written questions.

What gets checked

• The original and a replication are both cited.
• Limits are named.
• Questions are answered.

Common mistakes

• Reading slides aloud with no questions taken.
• Claims with no study behind them.

Powstik Guide

A 5-minute talk on one decision bias: the classic study, a replication, and where it does not hold.

Steps

1. Read the linked chapter and take the self-check.
2. Plan the talk or poster around one question.
3. Present it to at least two people who know some psychology.
4. Write down their questions and your answers.

Plan
Course 6: Cognitive Psychology
Question:
Studies I cite:
What I expect to be asked:

What gets sent back

• Nobody heard it.
• No sources.

Resources

What a verifier looks for

• The original and a replication are both cited.
• Limits are named.
• Questions are answered.
• Did the person explain it in their own words and answer a question?

You'll sign in first, then come straight back here.