Research assignment

SAS- Pudong
General Psychology
B-block

You are working for a scientific research group who has just been asked to conduct an objective experiment for small natural foods company. They have developed a pill which claims to improve short term memory and sharpens mental alertness with no side effects. The natural ingredients include guarana, gota kola and fish oil as active agents. The research should test the effectiveness of new all natural pill and scientifically prove that this new product is safe and effective. Your company hopes to target young High school and college students who have semester and final exams.

Describe the elements of your experiment in short descriptive paragraphs and identify which method research you will use.

Identify the following in your research

Hypothesis:
population
sample
independent and dependent variables
control and experimental groups in experiment



Consult text pages 24-25, 28, 37-40
20 pts = HW grade

DUE in class and post on class web page Thursday 13, 2007