Procedures - This sub-section explains how the participants were approached, what was said, standardised instructions, timings and what actually happened in the research, Discussion - Focuses on what the results show, relating it to the research introduction. It will give evaluation of the method and implications for theories and applications. Plus suggestions on how to improve the research and new ideas to pursue, Abstract - A summary of the research, outlining the aim, hypothesis, method, results and conclusions. It is the first section of a report but is written after the report has been written, Method - A lengthy section which includes all the details necessary for someone to be able to carry out the same research. It will include the design, participants, apparatus/materials used, procedures and ethics, Results - This section will refer to the raw data and provide verbal summaries and descriptive statistics, such as measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, and graphical representations. It will also contain the results of any inferential statistical test and whether the results were significant or not, Ethics - This sub-section will include any significant issues with what was right or wrong about the research as well as how the wrong things were dealt with, Participants - This sub-section will include the technique for obtaining participants, together with features such as number, age, gender and any other relevant features, Introduction - This section considers the area in psychology in which the study is located and then focuses on previous research which has been carried out on the same area. This may include conflicting research or research that this study aims to clarify. It will justify the current research and identify the aim of the current research, as well as research predictions and hypotheses, Appararatus/materials - This sub-section contains a description of any apparatus used. It could describe word lists or stimulus material, Design - This sub-section will state the research design (e.g. repeated measures or cover observation), how participants were allocated to conditions and justify these choices, References - This section contains a list of the original sources that were referred to by name and date in the introduction and discussion,

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