Effects of Abstract and Concrete Total Recall on Undergraduate students

Research Paper Instruction
• Title of the paper: Effects of Abstract and Concrete Total Recall on Undergraduate students
• 8 pages in total plus 1 page for references
• Double space-New time Roman
• Font: 12
• Running head: Abstract and Concrete Recall
• Number for each page
• Research paper needs an abstract (3/4 of a page)
• Introduction
• 3 to 3 ½ pages long
• Paivio – dual coded theory; at least 5 other theories; use psychinfo database
• Last paragraph in introduction is Hypothesis
• Method
• 3 Subsections: ALL left aligned, Bolded
• First part in method section is Participants:
• How many in total: 11
• Who were they: senior undergraduate students, Mean = 16.45, Std. Deviation = .93
• How many males/females: 3 males, 8 females
• Age: Mean = 25.18, Std. Deviation = 2.18
• Incentive for participation
• Second part in method is Material:
• Pen
• Paper
• Two lists of words: 15 concrete, 15 abstract
• Stop watch (Timed for 15 seconds per list of words)
• Summary sheet
• Projector screen
• Third part in method section is procedure:
• In this part you have to describe the whole experiment procedure
• Result
• The difference in recall between abstract and concrete word lists proved to be statistically significant. (t (10) = 3.53, p = .005)
• Recall in the concrete condition (M = 7.18, Std. Deviation = 1.47) was superior to the recall in abstract condition (M = 5.73, Std. Deviation = 1.10).
• Discussion ( 1 1/2 page long)

• References
• Minimum 7 references generally within the last 7 years