Download the Wraga, Creem, and Proffitt (2000, Perception-Action Dissociations of a Walkable MŸller-Lyer Configuration) article:
1) Go to the Milner library web page (click on the button below, this will open up another page with Milner's web page in it).
2) Click on Article Indexes
3) Choose First Search as the Vendor at the bottom (you may need to enter your SSN as an id number to log in).
4) Then choose First Search Beyond.
5)Then choose ECO under Advanced Search. This will take you to a search page.
6) Type in the first author's last name in the first blank and choose Author from the menu at the right.
7) In the second blank type Psychological Science and choose Source from the menu.
8) Then click on search the bottom. This will take you to the page for the article.
9) Click on View Full Text to download. Either save this file to disk or print it out (or both).

Note:To read and print out these articles you will need to be able to read PDF files. This can be done with Adobe Acrobat Reader (download here - this site is sometimes very slow. You can also try here and type in adobe acrobat reader in the search field).

Download and read the Wraga et al. (2000) article and answer the following questions in complete sentences, with one paragraph per question. Read the article at least twice before attempting to answer the questions. YOU MUST USE YOUR OWN WORDS to respond to the questions. Do NOT simply lift phrases or sentences out of the article. You will be severely penalized for any plagiarized responses. Feel free to check with me before the due date if you are not sure what constitutes plagiarism. Type and number your responses, double spacing each line. Your final summary should be 2-3 pages long.

Introduction:

Summarize the background for the experiment. Be sure to include the research question and hypothesis as well as the support the authors provide for their hypothesis. Try to find their underlying argument. Be sure to summarize their argument and hypothesis. Do not state it in their words; use your own.

Method:

Summarize the method. Include a brief description of the subjects, a description of the stimuli used, a description of the task the subjects were to perform, and how their responses were collected. Also indicate what the independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s) are. Be sure to distinguish between an IV and a subject variable.

Results:

Describe the results found in the experiment. Place particular importance on results that provide a test of the hypothesis. Don't state if they support the hypothesis here, but be sure to describe them. As with the last summary, try not to focus too much on the statistics in the Results section. Instead, focus on the differences they report were found.

Discussion:

State whether the hypothesis was supported and what results support it.

Feel free to e-mail me if you have questions jccutti@ilstu.edu.