Week 4: Psychological Research (Part I)  

This page has a list of learning activities for you to complete outside of class  Please follow the directions below in order to maximize your score for this assignment. 

1) Watch the Required All Class video and answer the questions on the Digital Attendance Form. 

2) Complete all of the additional Asynchronous Learning Activities listed below. Don't hesitate to ask the instructor if you have any questions or concerns.   
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​3) Fill out the the Attendance Check-In sheet at the bottom of the page and submit the form to your instructor. Be sure you answer in complete and detailed sentences whenever applicable in order to maximize your score.

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​You can access the Week 2 Assignments by clicking here. 
No Asynchronous Learning Activities​ for Week 3. 

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Part I: All Class Video (Crash Course #2)

Part II: Milgram's Famous Experiment 

Download and read the article about Stanley Milgram's famous 1961 experiment. Once you are done reading, download the attached questions and answer them in the Digital Attendance Check-in at the bottom of the page. 

Milgram Experiment Reading
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File Type:	pdf

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Part III: Project Proposal 

Now it is your turn to propose a potential psychology project. Included in your proposal should be two points of focus. 1) Introduction to your area of research and its importance to the public
2) Background information, including previous variations of this experiment already done. This can be done by looking up variations of this experiment online. Be sure to include how your experiment will be either the same or different than other examples you read about. 

Part IV: Project Hypothesis  

Your last step to your Asynchronous Learning this week is to create a hypothesis for your potential project. This hypothesis should be stated in a three-part format. Please do not include the numbers in your hypothesis but rather state it in a continuous format. Be sure this is stated in a way that you can easily measure
“(1) Because ________ [prior knowledge],
(2) If _____ [this happens],
(3) then _____ [this] will happen.”