Lab Exercises with Quizzes
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A link to an experiment similar to Donder’s simple reaction time experiment.
Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the simple reaction time experiment. Ask students how they performed the task and how difficult it was to detect the target.
A link to an experiment similar to Donder’s choice reaction time experiment.
Follow-up exercise: Ask students to perform the choice reaction time experiment. Ask them how they performed the task and how difficult it was to detect the target. Furthermore, ask them about the differences in between the simple and choice reaction time. Which one is more difficult and why?
This website includes various demos exploring cognitive processes. Ask students to choose one demo and describe what cognitive process the experiment examines.
Follow-up exercise: Have students choose one demo and describe what cognitive process the experiment examines. What do they know about that cognitive process so far from Introduction to Psychology? What else would they like to learn about it?
