Student Research Proposal Form

Student Research Proposal Form
The purpose of this form is to ensure that the investigation you are
commencing is appropriate in terms of scope and ethics. Before
submitting please ensure that you have read Arden University Ethics
Policy and the Guidelines for Completing the Student Research Proposal
Form.
Under no circumstances should the recruitment of participants
begin until written approval (usually by email) is received. Failure
to obtain ethical approval will result in your work be voided.
By submitting this form you are confirming that
(a) You have read Arden University’s Policy on Ethics
(b)You have read the Guidelines for Completing the Student Research
Proposal Form
(c) You have completed this form fully and appropriately
(d)You have the necessary skills and competencies to carry out the
investigation
(e) You have the necessary consent from any relevant organisation or
agency (e.g., their employer) to carry out this investigation
Your name on this form and subsequent submission will be regarded as
your electronic signature.
If your investigation involves the use of human participants, you
MUST append at the end of this file:
(a) Participant Information Sheet and Consent Form
(b) Any materials used (see later section)
(c) Debrief Sheet
In most cases this proposal is not assessed OR it is assessed on a Pass/Fail
basis. If this applies then please first submit your completed proposal to
your supervisor or tutor for formative feedback. Once you have prepared
a final version, please submit to MSc Cognitive Psychology module tutor(s). If
your proposal form is graded please submit via iLearn.
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RESEARCH ETHICS CHECKLIST
1. Student’s Details
Full Name
(family name last)
Student Number
Email address
2. Programme Details
Level of Study
Programme
Module Name and Code
Supervisor or Module Leader’s Name
Supervisor or Module Leader’s Email
Address
3. Proposed Research (ALL questions need to be answered)
What is the title of the
research?
(can be a provisional
title; up to 12 words)
Processing information on how people learn with or without
distraction of music
Research Question Processing information on how people learn with or without
distraction of music.
Literature (journal
articles) relevant to your
study
articles related to the topic will be reviewed in order to conduct
this research.
Aim and justification of your study: using the literature reviewed
(maximum: 250 words)?
The aim of this research is to study Processing information on how people learn with
or without distraction of music. The study will look into whether the depth of
information processing will have an impacts on a person learning. Crailk and Tulving
(1972) explain that we use 2 type of processing, shallow which focuses on encoding
words on how words look and sound, and deep processing which focuses on ending
words based on their meaning and the processing level for learning. Naveh–
Benjamin (2000) found that the early stage of processing, encoding, information was
the most susceptible to the negative impacts of multitasking and significantly
reduced memory recall. Delbridge (2001) showed that the impacts of multitasking
are reduced when the distraction task does not require any direct attention, this
theory links to Allport (1980) and Kahneman’s(1973) theory that the level of the task
being completed determine whether multitasking can be done effectively. Delbridge’s
experiment (2001) directly links to the following experiment as he states that listening
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to music is a passive task and therefore would have less impact on a person’s
learning.
Design of your study: It
needs to be a 2x2 design
(between-subjects; within-
subjects; mixed design)
Primary quantitative research
Independent Variable
(IV1)
Name:
Level 1: deep processing
Level 2: shallow processing
Independent Variable
(IV2)
Name:
Level 1: listing to music
Level 2: no music
Dependent Variable (DV;
measurement, e.g. reaction
time, percent correct; error
etc.)
Information processing time
Hypotheses H1 (main effect; IV1): Deep and shallow processing
H2 (main effect; IV2): listening and no listening to music
H3 (interaction):
Materials/Apparatus Questionnaires
Stimuli Music
Experimental Conditions Condition 1: listening music
Condition 2: not listening music
Task/Procedure (brief description)
Inferential statistical test
Start date of the
investigation
End date of the
investigation
Date on which this proposal
was completed
4. Declaration: Please type the word YES in ONE of the following
A. This investigation will involve the collection of data from
human participants Yes A
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