Psychological Experimentation

In their daily lives, people constantly face numerous complex and ambiguous questions for which they may lack cognitive resources. Thus, they turn to others for advice. Research is interested in the factors that influence individual’s advice seeking decisions. In the current report the traits of generosity and accuracy will be investigated in terms of their effects on advice-seeking decisions. Specifically, it is examined whether higher perceived generosity and higher perceived accuracy will l...

Lab report score: 80% The effects of visuals, past pro-environmental behavior and socioeconomic status, on future pro-environmental behaviors are investigated in this report. Specifically, whether these factors can increase pro-environmental behaviors, measured in terms of intention to donate money to an environmental charity. Data from 110 UCL undergraduate Psychology students were used. Participants were randomly assigned in equal groups and responded to a questionnaire regarding their pro-en...

Lab report scored 72%

This lab report was marked with 82%.

Human behavior is, to a large extent, guided by environmental stimuli. Due to the abundance of sensory information in everyday setting and to avoid information overload, certain mechanisms control the sorting and prioritization of such information. One such mechanism is contextual cuing. The current report will investigate the process of implicit learning through contextual cuing and the relationship between contextual cuing and observer’s awareness. Data from 82 UCL undergraduate students wer...