PSY 205 Homework: Tables and Graphs

Due Friday March 24th

  • Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper.
  • Staple your homework pages together.
  • Tables and graphs may be neatly hand-drawn if you prefer.
  • You must do your own work – do not work on the assignment with another student.
  • Each question is worth 6 points.

1. Dr. Lerner investigated memory under different conditions. She had participants learn either easy words or hard words; she also had them learn these words while either hungry (right before eating a meal) or full (right after eating a meal.) Her results (% of words they were able to recall) are shown below. Create a (NEAT!) TABLE of these data, adhering to all of the guidelines discussed in lecture. Include a caption.

Easy words, hungry: 70% recalled

Easy words, full: 90% recalled

Hard words, hungry: 60% recalled

Hard words, full: 70% recalled

2. Dr. Kim measured how quickly people recognize objects in 3 different renderings: line drawings, black/white photographs, and color photographs. His results are shown below. Create a (NEAT!) GRAPH of these data, adhering to all of the guidelines discussed in lecture. Be sure it is the correct type of graph. Include a caption.

line drawings: 6.0 seconds

black/white photographs:8.6 seconds

color photographs:11.2 seconds

3. Dr. Shoppe asked 5 people at the exit of a mall how long they had been shopping that day and how much money they spent. His data are shown below. Create a (NEAT!) GRAPH of these data, adhering to all of the guidelines discussed in lecture. Be sure it is the correct type of graph. Include a caption.

shopper# hours shopping$ spent

1476

2235

3120

4355

5583

4. Dr. Cruz examined factors that affect people’s enjoyment of plays. She designed a study in which people attended a play. The participants had to pay either $10 or $20 to see the show, and the show could last for either 30, 60, or 90 minutes. After seeing the show, participants rated their enjoyment on a scale of 1 to 10, where higher scores mean higher enjoyment. Her results are shown below. Create a (NEAT!) GRAPH of these data, adhering to all of the guidelines discussed in lecture. Be sure it is the correct type of graph. Include a caption.

Paid $10, 30-minute show:average rating=3

Paid $10, 60-minute show:average rating=5

Paid $10, 90-minute show:average rating=6

Paid $20, 30-minute show:average rating=5

Paid $20, 60-minute show:average rating=7

Paid $20, 90-minute show:average rating=8