Psychological Research on Video (PROV)
Supplemental material for the video-research activity described in our 2013 Teaching of Psychology article.
Burt Thompson and Donna Fisher-Thompson
Here is a general handout that can be used for the activity. Feel free to change it to fit your needs.
If you have suggestions for other videos that could be added to this website, please contact Burt Thompson.
If you have suggestions for other videos that could be added to this website, please contact Burt Thompson.
Research topic (source of original research) -- design/statistics:
- Treating spider phobia (Carlin et al., 1997) -- Frequencies
- False childhood memories (Loftus & Pickrell, 1995) -- Frequencies
- Is yawning contagious? (Mythbusters, 2005) -- 2 x 2 chi-square
- Deterring domestic violence (Sherman & Berk, 1984) -- 2 x 3 chi-square
- Testing therapeutic touch (Rosa et al., 1998) -- One-sample t-test
- Improving basketball shooting accuracy (Harle & Vickers, 2001) -- Paired t-test
- Associative memory during sleep (Stickgold et al., 1999) -- Paired t-test
- Competition and creativity (Amabile, 1982) -- Paired t-test
- Learning and REM sleep (Smith & Lapp, 1991) -- One-way ANOVA
- Human memory and emotion (Cahill et al., 1994) -- 2 x 2 ANOVA
- Treating fear of heights (Rothbaum et al., 1995) -- 2 x 2 mixed ANOVA
- Symbolic representation in children (DeLoache, 1987) -- 2 x 2 mixed ANOVA