Psy 222 Research Methods
Spring 2021

Congratulations to Hope, Lauren, Julia, and Antonio.
Their poster Examining timed exam effects on test anxiety was voted best poster.

Two posters tied for second place:
  • Gender and memory (Angela, Jack, Jenna)
  • Background noise and memory (Dayna, Kaitlyn, Sydney)
​All posters received votes.
May 17 Poster session (virtual), 12:10-2:00​
  • Zoom link for the poster session
  • All students are required to attend the entire poster session, with camera on.
  • Each group will have 5 minutes to present their study. Presenters may read prepared remarks if desired.
  • All group members should have an approximately equal role in the presentation.
  • Dr. Thompson will share each group's poster with the audience during the presentation.
  • Presentations should address: purpose of the study, methodology, results, conclusions.
  • There will be a few minutes for questions after each presentation.
  • After the poster session, all students are required to vote for the best poster (you can't vote for your own poster)

​Graduate school in psychology slides (PDF)
JASP homework 2 due April 21
​​JASP homework 1 ​due April 9 (requires the memory.csv data file from our class experiment)
​​List of research groups
​​Sample consent form
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We will only meet in person for quizzes and exams:
Section A meets in Dunleavy 237 at 9:00
Section B meets in Dunleavy 330 at 12:00.
Group project timetable:
  • April 6, written project proposal approved by Dr. Thompson
  • April 6-19, write majority of the poster (must be in APA format)
  • April 19, begin data collection
  • April 26, finish data collection
  • May 13, group poster due: Email a PDF of the poster to Dr. Thompson
Major Due Dates for Spring 2021:
  • February 23, quiz 1 over chapters 1-2
  • March 11, exam 1 over chapters 1-5 and other additional information we covered
  • April 6, quiz 2 over chapters 6-7
  • UPDATE: April 29, exam 2 over chapters 6-8, 10-11 and other additional information we covered
  • UPDATE: May 13, group research poster due
  • UPDATE: ​May 17, Poster session (virtual), 12:10-2:00
Course Material
General research information​
Writing research papers and posters
JASP and R for data analysis Other information on data analysis