Essay APP1012 – Psychology 1A – Report Writing – Arts & Humanities Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Background
A person’s ability to regulate their emotions is an essential component of maintaining mental health and psychological well-being. While there are many types of emotional regulation (ER) techniques, two of the most commonly used and studied techniques are cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression. While the link between ER and well-being has been well established, sex and gender differences in the use of the use of these techniques have received less attention.

Aim
The aim of the current laboratory study is to investigate gender differences in emotional regulation techniques cognitive reappraisal and expression suppression. (NOTE: we have provided you with this aim for you to use in your lab report – you do not need to reference this material or your teacher).
Note: We will discuss this aim in class and formulate our hypotheses (in session 2).
Hypotheses:
H1:
H2:

Data collection and analysis
You will be collecting data for your study as part of the course requirements for APP1012. Data collection will take approximately 5-10 minutes and can be accessed through a link that will be provided in Week 1.
The data will be collected using a brief demographic questionnaire and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (Gross & John, 2003).
Requirements for participation is that the person needs to be 18 years of age or older and enrolled in Psychology 1A. Participants were selected through purposive sampling.

Preparation
Complete your Assessment 1, as this relates directly to your lab report topic (Due the day of session 2 week 1 at 11.59pm).
Access all the resources provided on VU collaborate as there are lots of helpful templates, links, and other resources which will help you successfully complete this assessment.
Attend Session 4 (week 2) as we will be discussing your method section and the relevant information you will need to be able to complete this section.
Start searching for references (at least five) and read them! We will be going over how to do this in session 2. Some articles have been provided for your in the readings folder. You do not need to use these specific articles, but you are free to do so.
Start reading your chosen articles and take notes of information you could use in your introduction/literature review (e.g. key points, findings, etc.)
Attend every session! In most session we discuss the lab report and if you are absent you will very likely miss critical information.