Research report

  F​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​aces convey a wealth of information (identity, emotion, age...) critical for the success of our everyday social interactions. Though humans are generally very good at processing this information, many studies have indicated that this ability is not equally distributed across all faces that we encounter, and that processing of facial information is superior for ingroup relative to outgroup faces. Among the most widely investigated examples of this phenomenon are the own-race and own-age biases in face processing. For example, multiple studies have shown that memory (old vs new) and discrimination (same vs different) is superior for faces of one’s own race or ethnicity and age group compared to faces of another race or ethnicity or age group. Imagine that you have been hired as a researcher to help investigate whether the ability to discriminate doctored passport photographs​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ from real passport photographs depends on: 1. the age of participants (Age Group A vs Age Group B) and the age of a person depicted in the photograph (Same Age Group vs Different Age Group)? or 2. the ethnicity of participants (Ethnicity Group A vs Ethnicity Group B) and the ethnicity of a person depicted in the photographs (Same Ethnic Group vs Different Ethnic Group)? Select ONE of these two research questions and design a study using a Signal Detection Theory approach to investigate it. Your answer should be written-up as Method and Results section of the research report. Must know how to use Jamovi and to transfer Excel details into freely available Jamovi software and analyse the data to fit the research questions. For example to have a table with descriptive details and figures that back up the findings. Examples of what is required is in the final uploaded docum​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ent