Now that we have a study idea, it is time to figure out what materials we need for the new study. Among your group members, I want you to assign yourselves a task for the new study. Post your materials related to your task here by the due date for this discussion and your instructor will choose the best one from across all groups in this course for the final materials. To get credit for this discussion, just do your task. Okay, here are the tasks for you to choose from:
Task B: Additional Independent Variables. For these two people, you need to focus on how you want to set up the IVs are the variables we manipulate, so concentrate on both of them. First, there is the Social Loafing (Loafing) manipulation. If our class is using the Individual Total versus Group Average conditions, that one is done! If using a different way to manipulate this independent variable, you’ll need to create those. For the second IV, this one is all new, so these two people will need to figure out how to manipulate the second variable (or where to find scales to measure some trait, like a need for cognition scale). Feel free to work together or independently, and your instructor will look for and find the best IVs created by at least one group in the course.
Task C: Additional Dependent Variables. For these two people, concentrate on how you want to measure the variables influenced by your independent variables. That is, how are you going to see what impact the Loafing manipulation has on participants? You can measure this based on scales, fill-in-the-blank questions, rankings, etc. Try to think of manipulation check questions for the new IVs other group members are creating (for example, if you alter participant self-esteem, make sure that those who are supposed to have high self-esteem actually have high self-esteem when compared to those who should have low self-esteem. You’ll need such a manipulation check question to see if they paid similar attention to your other independent variable).

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