Psychology 9: Social Psychology

Proof required

Link the public repo or shared document with a critique of one classic social study: its method, its ethics, and what later replications found, with every source cited.

What gets checked

• The method is described correctly.
• Ethical problems are named.
• Replications are cited and weighed.

Common mistakes

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

Powstik Guide

A critique of one classic social study: its method, its ethics, and what later replications found.

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 9: Social 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 method is described correctly.
• Ethical problems are named.
• Replications are cited and weighed.
• Do the files produce what the README says?

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Proof required

Link the public repo with an anonymous survey experiment (for example a framing effect) with random assignment, 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

• Assignment is random.
• The analysis matches a plan written first.
• 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

An anonymous survey experiment (for example a framing effect) with random assignment, 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 9: Social 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

• Assignment is random.
• The analysis matches a plan written first.
• The result is reported with its effect size.
• 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

Add a one-page poster of your survey: question, method, result and limits as a PDF and name the people who reviewed it with you, with their questions.

What gets checked

• The method is clear enough to repeat.
• Limits are stated.
• Reviewer questions are answered.

Common mistakes

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

Powstik Guide

A one-page poster of your survey: question, method, result and limits.

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 9: Social 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 method is clear enough to repeat.
• Limits are stated.
• Reviewer 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.