Posted: April 12th, 2015

Academic Performance and Self-Rewarding Behavior

Experiment Writeup Guide
Instructions
1. Use Times New Roman Font, size 12
2. Quality counts more than quantity

Introduction -3pts. Approx. 2-3 pages

10 APA cited journal articles that relate to the topic of the study should be discussed in a thoughtful and well organized manner (2.5 pts)
-explain how each study’s findings relate to your research topic

The goals and hypotheses of the current study be outline in the final paragraph of the introduction (.5 pts)

Methods 1 pt. .5-1page

Materials and Procedures-include an explanation and rationale for each step that was taken in the study. (.5pts)

Participants-provide detailed demographic information on the sample-mean age, gender breadown, where we recruited them from, etc (.5pt.)

Results-2.5pts. .5-1page

Describe the statistical procedures we used and the result APA sytle (2pts)

Provide at least one chart or graph summarizing the result. The cart should be clearly labeled and described to the reader in the text (.5pt)

Discussion 3pts. 1.5-4 page

Reiterate the main finidings of the sutdy and explain what they mean (1 pt)
-were your hypothese supported? Why/why not?

Relate the results from your study to the sudies discussed in your introduction (1pt)
-did you get the same, or different results than other studies?

Discuss limiations of the study-what unexpected issuse arose? What could/should be done differently in the future? Make specific suggestions for future researchers intersested in conducting similar experiments (1pt)

References (.5 pts)

10 APA formatted citations of journal articles (.5pts)

The Following

Participants:
100 college students from Rutgers University, New Jersey

Online Survey Questionnaire
Google Forms sent to Rutgers college students through email

Gender:
Male- (0) 31
Female- (1) 69

Relationship Status:
Single (0) 49
Relationship(1) 32
Married(2) 15
Divorce/ Separated(3) 2
Other(4) 2

Employment
No (0) 34
Yes (1) 66

Academic Status
Freshmen (1) 7
Sophomore(2) 13
Junior(3) 23
Senior(4) 57

Age 18-over
Teenagers 8
Twenties 79
Thirties 11
Forties 2

Emotion After Midterm Scale (sad -1-5-excellent)
1-11
2-10
3-49
4-18
5-12

Midterm Grade Results Scale (poor-1-5-excellent)
1-4
2-9
3-24
4-50
5-13
Pampering Self/Reward Scale (never-1-5-always)
1-8
2-21
3-31
4-19
5-21

Engaging in Self/Reward/Pampering (Buying new clothers/sneaker getting meni or pedi care) Scale (never-1-5-always)
1-13
2-26
3-30
4-15
5-16

Week after Midterm Scale (never-1-5-always)
1-20
2-23
3-25
4-17
5-15

The Assignment

Topic: Self-Rewarding Behavior and Academic Performance

Study Desgin: Correlational

Analysis Approach: Correrlation (variable relationships)

Independent variable: Academic Performance

How IV will be measured/defined: By measuring mid-term exam scores

Dependent Variable: Self-Rewarding Behavior

How DV will be measured/define: Using surveys/post behavior. Are you happy with the score you got on mid-term? If, so did you reward yourself?

Hypothesis: A high academic performance increase self-rewarding behavior

Null Hypothesis: A high academic performance has no correlation with self-rewarding behavior.