Question

Subject: Experimental Psychology

2. A researcher wishes to learn whether college students use more slang when speaking with a person their own age than when speaking with an older person. Design a within-subjects experiment to test this hypothesis. Divide your responses into the following sections: 1. Research question, hypotheses, and design, 2. Participants, 3. Measures, and 4. Procedures. As a guide, be sure to include the following:

a. Provide a clearly written research question, clearly state your null and alternative hypotheses, and explain which specific within-subjects design you will be using and why it is appropriate to use in this case.

b. Identify all of your variables along with an operational definition of how you will measure.

c. Discuss two possible threats to the internal validity of your study that could possibly occur.