Experience has taught us that not all experiments are suitable to be replicated for the IB Diploma Psychology IA. However, any of the ones below can be modified to suit.
The hyperlinks below are all of the original experiments, which saves you a lot of time. The original studies can be hard to read, so focus on the abstract, the introduction, the results and the discussion.
Researchers often include a number of experiments or trials in the one report. You need to focus on just one experiment. In deciding whether a study is suitable for the IA, ensure that you will manipulate one independent variable that has two conditions, that your experiment will produce two sets of either interval or ratio data and that you will be able to depict your results in a simple bar graph.
LIST OF SUITABLE STUDIES WITH LINKS TO ORIGINALS
Bransford, J.D. & Johnson, M. K. (1972). Contextual prerequisites for understanding: Some investigations of comprehension and recall. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 717-726
http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~coulson/203/bransford72.pdf
Craik, F. I. M. & Tulving, E. (1975). Depth of processing and the retention of words in episodic memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 104(3), 268-294.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/9c07/b3656297ed82274598c257828dc79d40ff59.pdf
Loftus, E.C. & Palmer, J. (1974). Reconstruction of Automobile Destruction: An Example of the Interaction between Language and Memory. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behaviour, 13, 585-589
webfiles.uci.edu/eloftus/LoftusPalmer74.pdf
Peterson, L.R. & Peterson, M.J. (1959) Short-term retention of individual verbal items.
Journal of Experimental Psychology, 58, 193-198
http://psych.indiana.edu/tradition/Peterson_and_Peterson_1959.pdf
Rashidi, N. (2011). The Effect of Classical Music on the Reading
Comprehension of Iranian Students. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 74-82, January 2011
http://www.academypublication.com/issues/past/tpls/vol01/01/11.pdf
Stroop, J. Ridley. (1935). Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 18, 643-662
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Stroop/
Wichmann, F.A., Sharpe, L.T., & Gegenfurtner, K.R. (2002). The contributions of color to recognition memory for natural scenes. Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition, 28 3, 509-20.
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