1. The Experimental Method

2. Steps in the Scientific Method
Research question Step One
What aspect of human behavior do you want to study?

3. Form a Hypothesis
Tentative statement about two variables that need to be tested.
Phrase in an if/then statement

4. Design a study Participants (Who) Random Selection
Data Selection technique

5. Variables
Independent variable: the variable we want to change to provoke a response (behavior)
Dependent Variable: the variable that we measure to see if the I.V. made a difference. Did we provoke a behavior? This is how we can tell.

6. The Groups Experimental Group/Condition: receives the treatment
Control Group/Condition does not

7. Data Collection Step 4: Collect Data (make a chart!)
Step 5: Analyze & Draw Conclusion: Did it have an effect?
Watch out for Extraneous Variables: These are unforeseen influences on our experiment

8. Results
Report Results to Journal.
Replication is always a good idea.