RUBRIC

Write a report on your experiment using the rubric below and send it to me at mjohnson@stjohnsprepschool.org

Subject line should read: AP Psychology Experiment.

Title:

Purpose or problem: (What will happen if I cut in a line…)

Background Information: What do people do in certain situations (like how do people wait for

their turn, how do they learn this, why do they do it, why do some people cut in line? You should

do some research, thinking here…go one line and see what the norm is and why it’s considered

the “norm”. Why do humans see this behavior as normal, what is the aberrant behavior and how

do people react to it and why. (this should be a few paragraphs of info).

Hypothesis: Educated guess…based on your information from the background research…what

will happen? Write it as a “If, Then, Because” statement. “If I … then the person/people around me

will do…because…

Experiment: What are you going to do? How, when, where, what time are you doing this experiment, who is your audience?

Data: What did people do? Were there differences in the reactions of people of different ages, ethnicities, sexes, friends vs. strangers. You might need someone to record data for you here if you cannot directly observe everyone.

Results: What happened? No interpretation here…just what happened…estimate the age of the reactants, time it took them to react, kinds of reactions. Did people avoid you? How?

Conclusion: Time for interpretations: Why did the people react the way they did? Were they sympathetic, puzzled, mad, frustrated, etc. WHY do you think they acted this way Did people avoid you? Was you hypothesis correct? Why or why not? Did anything unexpected happen to you? Explain!