Sreeja Mani
Professor Jeffery Hamelin
Psychology 213 W
9/24/2010
The Effect of the Method of Sorting on Response Time The purpose of this study is to see whether response time changes when the card sorting condition is manipulated. The more complex the condition is when sorting cards, the higher the response time and vice versa.
Method
Participant and Setting Twenty female college students from Queens College experimental psychology class participated in this experiment to satisfy class requirement.
Material
The participants used a 52 deck card, a stopwatch that recorded time to nearest second, and paper and pen for recorded results.
Experimental Design This experiment