Lab 1: Reaction Time (RT)

• Science of Baseball: (5 points)
  • Click on the following link and play 3x. On this Word document record your score each time. Based on the reading and PowerPoint, explain what was happening with your reaction times in 2-3 sentences with proper grammar, sentence structure, citations.
  • https://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/activities/fastball-reaction.html
• Exploration Activity: (10 points)
  • Use the Simple Reaction Timeactivity on page 32 (Android users) of your textbook to test your simple reaction time on your smartphone or tablet. Download the following:
    • Android: Reaction Time (The Commuter Coder)
    • iPhone/iPad: Reaction Test Pro
  • Play 3x and record your score each time in secondson this Word document. In addition, take threescreenshots (one of each score) and submit in the Lab Assignment folder in week 3 with this document.
  • Based on the reading and PowerPoint, explain what was happening with your reaction times in 2-3 sentences with proper grammar, sentence structure, and citations. In 1-2 sentences, compare this activity with the first (baseball) activity.
• Reaction Time Lab: (10 points)
  • Using the link below, take this RT test. At the end, copy and save your data on this Word document. Then, based on the reading and PowerPoint, explain what was happening with your reaction times and the influence of choice on RT. To think deeper, discuss this test in relation to the other two tests. Answer should be 1-2 paragraphs (each paragraph containing 4-5 sentences) with proper grammar, sentence structure, and citations.
  • http://www.psytoolkit.org/lessons/exberiment_simple_choice_rts.html
• Submitto the Lab 1 assignment folder located in week 3.