For questions about the application of specific experimental methods to study psychology.
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How do you run a risk / gambling experiment using Qualtrics or Amazon Turk?
I want to run a simple probability matching gambling experiment:
Each round has the participant pick Up or Down. The computer picks Up with a probability (p=0.7). If the participant gets it correct, ...
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Longitudinal mobile mood tracking app with random reminders
The goal is to take simple measurements of mood using Likert scale over an extended period of time (e.g. two months).
I know there is a large number of mobile apps for tracking mood on every ...
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Human behaviour in one-shot perfect information games
Background
A one-shot game is one where two participants have some set of actions $\{1, ... , n\}$, they make their decision on which option to take (without knowing the decision of their partner, or ...
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Are there any rules about masking?
I am currently programming an experiment where participants have to do a divided visual field task. In a paper about the correct methodology about these tasks, it is said that you should use a ...
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Advantage of active learning on classification tasks
I am looking for a specific type of experimental test of active learning. Given some artificial or natural learning task that consists of classifying inputs $x$ from a large input space $X$. There is ...
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Problems with using personal feedback to motivate participation in an online psychological experiment?
I am planning on running an online psychological experiment where participants must learn about various simulated environments and then make inferences about them. Because completing the experiment ...
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What is the state of the art in computerised coding of Thematic Apperception Tests (TATs)?
Thematic Apperception Tests (TATs) involve showing test takers pictures and getting them to write stories based on the pictures. Coding such stories for themes and traits can be complex, ...
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Online datasets for the disjunction effect and violations of the sure-thing principle
The disjunction effect (or violation of the sure-thing principle) is as follows:
A disjunction effect occurs when people prefer x over y when they know that event A obtains, and they also ...
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Is human Central Nervous System arousal related to choice of activity?
I'm interested in learning more about the central nervous system (CNS) arousal and the choice of what people do and how they feel about it.
Lets define CNS arousal in the context of this question as ...
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classic category learning tasks with data
I need a list of classic categorization tasks (with available human/animal data) to use as a benchmark for a model.
I am interested in tasks that can be used to validate/invalidate a model of ...
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How does a researcher typically go about conducting a survey-based psychological experiment?
What is a typical approach to conducting a survey-based psychological experiment?
There seems to be a host of issues involved; some that seem particularly important are:
the appropriate design of ...
