Psychology 305 Lab

Paradigm Wizard tutorial worksheet

 

Please work in pairs, and hand in just one worksheet.

 

Names: __________________________   and _______________________________

 

A.    Get out the "Creating an Experiment using the Paradigm Wizard " guidebook that you copied from the library.

B.    Create an experiment with the Paradigm Wizard by following all the steps in the guidebook.

 

When you are done, answer the following questions:

1. What are the different general paradigms that you can select in the wizard?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

2. What is the recommended Block Variable and what does that variable mean?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

3. How many trials will there be in the experiment, including practice trials?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

4. How would you add another variable to the Trial Variables in the Wizard?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

5. What would you do differently to create an experiment that did give feedback on each trial?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

6. Suppose you wanted change the way the fixation worked: instead of it staying on the screen for the same fixed period of time, suppose it stayed on the screen until the subjects clicked on the space bar. What would you do differently in the Paradigm Wizard to make this happen?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

7. Suppose you added a feedback object. How do you specify that the feedback should be given for responses to the Stimulus object?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

8. Suppose you added a feedback object. How would you change the message subjects get when they give a wrong response to the target?

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

Hand this worksheet in to your lab instructor.