Sports Psychology final exam

Sports Psychology final exam

1.       Choose a psychology experiment that has made a significant impact on the world of psychology. (everyone needs to choose a unique experiment, check with Rhone to make sure there aren’t duplicates)

2.       Create a google document and title it the name of the experiment you chose 

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

3.       Research the details of this experiment by:

a.       Reading 2 separate internet sources about it : Link to both readings on your google doc and summarize each with a quick sentence or two

b.      Watch 2 YouTube videos with more than 5 minutes in length: link to both videos and summarize them in a quick sentence or two

4.       Draft a piece of writing that responds to the following prompts:

a.       Describe the details of the experiment- What happened exactly?

b.      Who conducted the experiment? Is this psychologist important to the study of psychology? What perspective do they follow? Tell me anything relevant about them

c.       What are the outcomes of the experiment?

d.      What did we learn about human nature from the experiments?

e.      Is there any critique of the experiment, its outcome, the way the experimenter acted?

Create a poster with the following tiles:

Summary of the experiment	TITLE	Outcomes:  What were the specific results of the experiment?
Who conducted the experiment? Give some relevant information about the person.	Relevant Image of experiment	Critiques: What kind of critique has been put against this experiment?
Insights: what did we learn about human nature or ourselves from this experiment?	Other important information you have come across.	What perspective of psychology is this experiment connected too? Define the perspective and explain anything relevant.

On the day of our final exam you will present your poster and read you written document aloud to present your research on the experiment you worked on. 

Seniors: June 8^th/ Underclassmen: June 14^th

^{POINT BREAKDOWN:}

Google doc	10 points	2 article summaries and links 2 video summaries and links
Writing	40 points	Complete and thoughtful responses to all 5 questions. At least 2 pages in length.
Poster	40 points	Clear and accurate information Creative and interesting art
Presentation	10 points	Engaged and articulate. Clearly prepared and shares information well.