Before reading on, if you wish to participate in the survey that will form the basis of your lab report study, please make sure you do so now. It's important to ensure that you are "blind" to the study's purpose before participating, otherwise you might unknowingly change the way you respond to the questions.
To take part in the online survey, follow this link: Lab report survey link
The survey link will be active from Monday of Week 0 to COB Friday of Week 2.
Your assessment guide is your best friend when it comes to understanding your assessment task. Everything you need to know to complete this task is included in the assignment guide. Read this guide carefully and write down any questions you have. Then, check the FAQ to see if your questions are answered. If not, post them on the discussion board.
You can access your AT1 guide here: AT1 guide
You will need to study the rubric before you begin your assessment task in order to understand what skills you will be assessed on.
You can access the AT1 rubric here: HPS121 T2 2023 AT1 rubric.pdf
We have created videos to support you in writing your lab report. For AT1, you will need to watch the following videos:
This first video will give you context for the assignment overall (both AT1 and AT2), explain the scientific method, and expand on some of the concepts you'll become familiar with through completing both AT1 and AT2, e.g., research questions, aims, and hypotheses.
This video will go through the purpose of the Introduction, as well as what you should include in yours.
This video talks you through the purpose of the Method section and how to structure yours.
This video explains the order of the document for AT1 (ignore the slide on AT2 for now), as well as some tips for submission.
Examples of how to write each section of the lab report are provided in the following prescribed textbook:
Kaufmann, L., & Findlay, B. (2020). How to Write Psychology Research Reports and Assignments (9th ed.). Pearson.
Access here: Ebook: How to write psychology research reports
This template below can be used for AT1. You can write your assignment into this template and submit it. Please note you will need to write in prose (i.e., paragraphs, not bullet points).
We have created the template to follow APA7 formatting as much as is possible, however, there are some aspects that you can only do once you have added your paragraphs of text to the document. We have provided some APA7 guides below to help.
APA website on how to format a paper/assignment
Deakin's guide to APA7 referencing
You are required to read and use the following three readings:
As per the guide above, you need to find other articles in addition to the ones provided above, in order to support your argument.
You will need to find one additional article (so you will have a total of at least 4 articles to include in your Introduction).
Here is the search planner used in the Week 2 seminar slides to help you carry out your search in a systematic and transparent manner: Search planner
Number of participants = 691
Age: Mean age = 24.1094; Standard deviation = 8.02317; Minimum = 17; Maximum = 63
Gender: Female = 550; Male = 130; Non-binary = 9; Genderfluid = 1; Prefer not to say = 1
The study was promoted on the HPS121/HPY713 unit site during these dates: 3rd - 21st July
You can see the survey that participants completed here: T2 2023 lab report survey.pdf
Average survey time: 8 minutes
There are three stages of the process of writing: 1) planning, 2) writing, and 3) editing. These three stages involve different cognitive processes, so when you try to do them together at the same time, you make things increasingly difficult for your self (e.g., trying to write before you have a plan, trying to edit while you are writing).
A plan for each stage of the writing process is provided for you below:
| Week | Stage | Videos | Seminar topic and skills | Tasks |
| 1 | Familiarising yourself with lab reports in general | Lab report video 1 (watch before attending first seminar) |
Assessing the core readings | Participate in the survey if you want to |
| 2 | Introduction planning | Conducting a literature review |
Read the required readings Search the literature |
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| 3 | Introduction planning | Lab report video 2 (watch before attending this week's seminar) |
Writing the Introduction |
Write your hypotheses Create a detailed Introduction outline |
| 4 |
Introduction writing Method planning |
Lab report video 3 (watch before attending this week's seminar) |
Writing the Method section |
Full first draft of the Introduction Outline of the Method |
| 5 |
Introduction editing Method writing and editing |
Lab report video 7 |
Drop-in session, Monday 7th August, 12pm Join here: Drop-in session access |
Final draft of the Introduction and Method |
As per Faculty of Health policy, submitting late will result in a late penalty, where 5% will be deducted from the available marks for each day late up to a maximum of seven calendar days. Where work is submitted more than seven calendar days after the due date, the task will not be marked, and the student will receive 0% for the task.
For more information on how late penalties will be applied, see the following link: How late penalties are applied
If you are facing any challenges that may make the above plan difficult to achieve, ensure to reach out AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE for an extension.
If you feel that you need more time for your assignment because of extenuating circumstances and the due date has not yet passed, you can apply for an extension. This process and some examples of what can be considered grounds for an extension can be found on the unit site, as linked above.
If you feel that you need more time for your assignment because of extenuating circumstances and the due date has passed, but it is still within three business days of the due date, you can apply for Special Consideration. This process and some examples of what can be considered grounds for Special Consideration can be found on the unit site, as linked above.
Provided there is appropriate documentation included in the application, the maximum extension length that can be granted is 3 weeks.
More information on what is considered grounds for an extension and how to apply can be found here: Applying for Extensions and Special Consideration