Paper rubric – from the experiments that you conduct in the laboratory on “Sniffy”
Section Points Description
Cover page 5 Name, date, class, professor, school, running header, page number- ALL MUST BE INCLUDED
Abstract 10 Summary of work, max of 300 words, no indent, key words below Abstract
Introduction 25 Minimum of 3 full pages. Must have 5 citations. No quotes in the entire section. Introduce the topic. Prior research covered. Aim and hypothesis stated.
Materials/methods 10 Every material and step are listed in paragraph form. Steps are in sequential order. Experiment should be easily replicated. The manipulation is understood by reader.
Results 20 All results are listed. All results have a table, graph or figure. No interpretation is provided, but purely the results of the experiment. Figures at in APA format.
Discussion 25 Hypothesis evaluation. Explain the results. Interpretation goes here. Implications. Relate relevant research to your results. Critique your results. Limitations and future experiments
References 5 Minimum of five are covered in the introduction and more can be added to the discussion if needed. All are peer-reviewed articles that can be found in a database. These are listed in APA format.
Total 100
Cover page:
Abstract:
Intro:
Materials/Methods:
Results:
Discussion:
References:
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*This experiment was conducted in an operant chamber with light, bell, speakers and lever.
*The experiment was run twice on a rat name sniffy
*The first experiment was run on a low tone conditional stimulus (CS) and a shock for umconditional stimulus (US) for the first ten trials. The next 40 trials, a low tone was presented for the (CS) with no shock.
*The second experiment was run on an High tone as an (CS) and a shock was also presented for the (US) in the first ten trials. And in the next 40 trials a High tone was presented with no shock.
*As you can see from the graph below, the rat sensitize when the (US) shock was being presented and habituated when the(CS) tone was presented by it self on both experiment.
Can you please discus the graph in the discussion and result section.
This is the first experiment with the LOW TONE
