USA MAP EXPERIMENT: You will need to conduct a specific experiment. Find at least 5 participants with whom to conduct this experiment. This experiment is designed so that you can do this with each participant individually. You, as the researcher, will have to closely monitor this experiment and make sure that the conditions under which the experiment is conducted with ALL subjects are the same in all cases.

THE EXPERIMENT: this experiment takes 15 minutes to complete if you adhere to strict time guidelines. 1. For this experiment, you will need to print out 2 copies for each participant of the attached blank map of the USA AND 1 copy for each participant of the filled in map of the USA 1. Then, using a blank map of the USA and with a timer set to 5 minutes, ask the subject to write in as many of the states as he/she can possibly identify. 2. STOP at the end of 5 minutes! It is important that you stop at this time because everyone in your experiment MUST follow the same directions! 3. Remove the blank map with the written in states from the subject’s possession. 4. Now, give the subject a map of the USA with the filled in names of the states. The subject is allowed to study this map for 5 minutes. No more! (Some subjects may look at this map for a minute or two and tell you that they are ready to take the test again. DO NOT do this! The subject MUST study the map for 5 minutes before re-taking the test. 5. Now, take away the filled-in map from the subject’s possession, and give the subject another blank copy of the map of the USA. 6. Once you have done this with 5 participants, analyze the data. o How many states did each subject fill in? o How many states did each subject get right? o How many states did each subject leave blank? o How many states did each subject get wrong? o Collect demographic data such as gender, educational level, and age 7. Using Excel, create a chart or graph depicting the results. o Besides learning how many states, on average, each participant did or did not know, what else can you learn from the aggregate of this experimental data? THE EXPERIMENT REFLECTION PAPER 8. WRITE A 1-2 PAGE REFLECTION PAPER IN WHICH YOU: O DESCRIBE THE PURPOSE OF THE EXPERIMENT AND/OR THE RESEARCH QUESTION O EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF EXPERIMENTAL METHOD CONDUCTED O DESCRIBE THE FINDINGS OF THE EXPERIMENT O DRAW CONCLUSIONS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF YOUR EXPERIMENT O INCORPORATE WHAT THE TEXTBOOK HAS TO SAY ABOUT EXPERIMENTS O THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT SHOULD INCLUDE:  COVER PAGE IN APA STYLE  1-2 PAGES OF TEXT  REFERENCE PAGE  CHART (USE EXCEL) WITH THE RESULTS OF THE FINDINGS OF YOUR EXPERIMENT, INCLUDING: • WHICH STATES WERE MOST COMMONLY IDENTIFIED? • WHICH STATES WERE MOST COMMONLY NOT IDENTIFIED? • IN ADDITION, CREATE A CHART THAT SHOWS THE AGE RANGE OF YOUR EXPERIMENTAL GROUP MEMBERS ALONG WITH THEIR SCORES ON THE MAP. O WAS THERE A PATTERN BETWEEN AGE AND SCORE? IF SO, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? O IS THERE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT YOUR FINDINGS COULD BE GENERALIZED TO THE ENTIRE POPULATION? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER WITH SUPPORT FOM THE TEXT.