Lab Report: Lexical Decision Task
Forman Christian College University
Course Code: Psyc 315
Course Title: Cognitive Psychology
, LEXICAL DECISION TASK 2
Methods
Participants
This study included a sample of 66 students, all from Forman Christian College University in
Lahore, Pakistan. All these students had taken the Cognitive Psychology 315 course from the
same instructor. Some of our participants took the course in Spring 2020 and some of them
took the same course in Fall 2020. Out of 66 participants we had a majority of females (55)
and a minority of males (11). Since they were all in their undergrad the average age was
(M=22, SD=1.22). We also recorded the participants handedness; we had 54 right-handed
participants and 12 left-handed participants. Table 1 describes all important details about the
sample.
Table 1
Description of sample (N=66)
Baseline Mean Standard Minimum Maximum Frequency Percentage
characteristic Deviation
M SD Min Max f %
Age 22.11 1.217 19 25
Gender
Female 55 83.3
Male 11 16.7
Handedness
Right 54 81.8
Left 12 18.2