Congruent Slope Experiment Essay
Methods
Subjects
Fifty-eight participants were recruited for the experiment from California State University, Northridge. Participants were either male or female and current students at the university. They received one sona credit for their participation in the study.
Ethical Considerations
Students who were part of the study gave observers their sona ID and by doing so, they acknowledged and gave consent to being part of the experiment, and in return they were granted one sona credit. At the end of the experiment, participants were debriefed. They were told that the experiment was intended to measure the participant’s accuracy and time spent in naming shapes in both congruent and incongruent conditions. The purpose was to see if the interference …show more content…
On arrival, participants and the two observers entered the room and had the participant sit down in front of a desk. Participants received instructions orally and were asked if they had any questions before we continued with the experiment. The instructions listed each participant to name the shape of each item and avoid reading the word within the shape. Participants were asked to begin at the top left corner of the page and move left-to-right, row by row. In congruent shape trials, each shape matched the word within the shape. In incongruent shape trials, the shapes did not match the word within the shape. They were asked to repeat this task six times. Additionally, to control order effects, we counterbalanced the experiment by alternating trials for each condition. The condition that was tested first was the congruent trial, followed by the incongruent trial and it kept alternating in this manner. It was asked that participants should not hold the paper but were allowed to point at the paper on the table with their fingers. If participants felt stuck, they were instructed they may “skip” and move to the next shape. When the participant finished each task, the observer was to record the seconds it took for participant to finish naming the shapes. For each of the fifty-eight participants, their three congruent and three incongruent scores were to be averaged
Subjects
Fifty-eight participants were recruited for the experiment from California State University, Northridge. Participants were either male or female and current students at the university. They received one sona credit for their participation in the study.
Ethical Considerations
Students who were part of the study gave observers their sona ID and by doing so, they acknowledged and gave consent to being part of the experiment, and in return they were granted one sona credit. At the end of the experiment, participants were debriefed. They were told that the experiment was intended to measure the participant’s accuracy and time spent in naming shapes in both congruent and incongruent conditions. The purpose was to see if the interference …show more content…
On arrival, participants and the two observers entered the room and had the participant sit down in front of a desk. Participants received instructions orally and were asked if they had any questions before we continued with the experiment. The instructions listed each participant to name the shape of each item and avoid reading the word within the shape. Participants were asked to begin at the top left corner of the page and move left-to-right, row by row. In congruent shape trials, each shape matched the word within the shape. In incongruent shape trials, the shapes did not match the word within the shape. They were asked to repeat this task six times. Additionally, to control order effects, we counterbalanced the experiment by alternating trials for each condition. The condition that was tested first was the congruent trial, followed by the incongruent trial and it kept alternating in this manner. It was asked that participants should not hold the paper but were allowed to point at the paper on the table with their fingers. If participants felt stuck, they were instructed they may “skip” and move to the next shape. When the participant finished each task, the observer was to record the seconds it took for participant to finish naming the shapes. For each of the fifty-eight participants, their three congruent and three incongruent scores were to be averaged