Class 12 — Project Workshop I

The first of two studio days — pitch and start building your own novel 1-factor/2-level PsychoPy task, distinct from the shared Stroop task, and set up your final-project repo structure.

PART III · CLASS 12

Today you stop practicing on the shared Congruent/Incongruent task and start designing and building a novel task of your own. This is a studio day: after a fast tour of PsychoPy components beyond Text and Keyboard, you’ll sketch a task idea, pitch it in a short check-in to catch over-scoped designs early, and start building — all within the course’s constraint of 1 manipulated factor, 2 levels, up to 2 dependent variables, and at least 5 observations per level. You’ll also extend your GitHub repo with folders for the task, data, and analysis.

Reading due: — · Due today: HW6 due

What you’ll be able to do

1. Restate the project design constraint — 1 manipulated factor with exactly 2 levels, up to 2 dependent variables, minimum 5 observations per level — and apply it to evaluate whether your own novel task idea fits.
2. Identify which PsychoPy components beyond Text and Keyboard (Image, Sound, Slider) and which Builder features might suit your own novel task, and know where to find worked examples if you need one.
3. Pitch a novel 1-factor/2-level task idea in a short check-in and incorporate feedback before committing time to building it.
4. Begin building your novel task in PsychoPy (Builder and/or Coder, as appropriate), applying the skills accumulated across Classes 2–5.
5. Set up your final-project repo structure on GitHub — folders for the task, data, and analysis — extending the repo you created from the course template in Class 1, ready to receive HW7’s checkpoint push.