Here is the instructions of the essay on how its supposed to be written : ( i just need you to write the introduction, results and discussion part for me please )
IMRAD research report
Look back over your notes from the discussions of thesimulation, and also at the material about it on the Moodle platform, and write up a report about what took place. Give an honest and thorough assessment of what information you have gained and what, if anything, it suggests.
Your report will have this structure:
INTRODUCTION: What questions were at issue? What did you expect beforehand? What do you suppose the evening was designed to address and hoped to accomplish?
METHODS: What exactly took place? Go into detail about your own experiences of each stage, and also report what you believe to have happened to other people. Report how the experience was designed and set up, and state why it was done in that way.
RESULTS: Present the data (from the debriefing discussions) as clearly and as openly and honestly as possible. You may also wish to include information about conversations and reflections that took place after the end of the event.
And…
DISCUSSION: What was revealed? What did it all mean? Say what your evidence suggests. Relate the findings back to the original question(s). Don’t pretend that anything has been conclusively demonstrated, but explain where limitations in themethod mean that the data are less than conclusive. What does the whole event, and your part in it, suggest? How could we go about finding out for sure whether those insights always hold, or, if not, when they are true and when they might be important?You may also wish to refer to relevant literature in this section, in which case be sure to cite it correctly
Here is what went on during the game :
- lined up in a alphabetical order of mothers first name
- Seated at a table of four ( one table of three
- Learned a card game by reading the rules
- Equipment : playing cards, notepad, pencil, rules
- The game used only some of the cards ace, 2,3,4,5,6 – each player in turn plays a card, and the highest card wins the tricks
- Everyone’s rules were different and when the professor told everyone that there was a type on the paper, he did it to throw us off into thinking we all have the same rules
- There was a trump card ( some didn’t )
- You announced that everyone has a typo on the rule sheets
- Learn the game by plating openly with the instructions
- Rules taken away
- Tournament : 5 minutes play keeping the score
- Gag order : no words allowed, no speaking, only gestures, noises and drawing were allowed
- Silent tournament : winners given chocolate and moved to another table
- Another silent round : rules differed some people ( powered through ) ( hand gestures ) ( tried to compromise ) ( drew pictures ) ( gave in to others ) ( got annoyed )
- Winners got chocolates, moved on two tables and switched partners
- In the event of a tie, one pair was chosen as winners
- Just as confusing, but now more individually isolated
- Harder to dominate the game, the scores were more even
- Made no difference in the 3 person game
- Some assumed others just didn’t understand
- Some winners got chocolates, others didn’t because the chocolate ran out
- As soon as the gag order was realised we stated talking about how we were right and try to justify themselves
- We went out and then realised we had different rules
- There was a language barrier during the gag order
- Another thing that maybe we were trying to learn was speaking without words
Methods
We gathered outside Ben’s den to begin our evening. We were told to line up and organize ourselves based on our moms’ first names. Then, we were split into four groups and given our table assignments. Before the game started, there was a sense of uneasiness in the air because nobody at the table knew each other. We all thought of ourselves as teammates, so it was nice to see that one of my closest friends was sitting across from me at the same table. But then the professor told us that we would be split into two groups, and your partner would be the person sitting diagonally across from you. After that, we proceeded to read the introductions of the game. At first, we were instructed to only use the aces, twos, threes, fours, fives, and sixes from the deck of cards. In total, we had twenty four cards. However, we did make a few mistakes at the start and were a bit unsure about some of the regulations until we played a few practice games and eventually understood them. But since we were an odd number of students, one table only had three participants. So once we understood the game, the professor took away the rules and we were left with the deck of cards, a notepad, and pencil. The instructions stated that the tallest person starts out with the deck of cards and hands out five cards to each person on the table. Then the person to the left of the dealer starts the game. Since we all began on the same table and read the same rules, the first couple of games were fun, since we were all familiar with the same rules. The rules were that the highest card thrown wins, but if the trump card is present, which in our case was spades, it wins the deck. After each game, the winning team would get up and the professor would hand out chocolates. It was a sweet and pleasant reward, which made me want to win no matter what.
But the game really started when the GAG order was put into place. We were not allowed to speak or even write words onto our notepads, our only way of communication was through noises, gestures, and drawing. So we started playing the game in silence, and there weren’t any problems in the beginning since everyone was following the rules. After we played a couple of games silently, the winning team was told to move to the next table and for the remainder to stay where they are.
After we collected our chocolates, we were told this time to move by two tables, and we were told to switch our partners. We were only able to play two games on the three person table because we were so confused half the time. Once time was up, and the GAG order was lifted, we all started going crazy. So many people are arguing and confused about what just happened. It was like we were in a cage full of talking parrots. We then proceeded to go outside to detangle the situation.
RESULTS: Present the data (from the debriefing discussions) as clearly and as openly and honestly as possible. You may also wish to include information about conversations and reflections that took place after the end of the event.
Everyone was in a state of confusion. My first reaction to the whole situation was betrayal. We all started to realize that each of our instructions were different from one another. Some had trump cards and others didn’t. The reason to why we thought that we all had the same rules was because before we started playing the game, the professor pointed out that there was a typo on our instruction to throw us off, thinking we all had the same paper. This made us believe that we all had the same idea of what the game would be. One other thing that I noticed during the GAG order was that the people who had confidence, were the ones who won the games. We all started to realize that no one was in the wrong.
DISCUSSION: What was revealed? What did it all mean? Say what your evidence suggests. Relate the findings back to the original question(s). Don’t pretend that anything has been conclusively demonstrated, but explain where limitations in the method mean that the data are less than conclusive. What does the whole event, and your part in it, suggest? How could we go about finding out for sure whether those insights always hold, or, if not, when they are true and when they might be important?You may also wish to refer to relevant literature in this section, in which case be sure to cite it correctly.
What was revealed was that just because someone has authority, dosent mean you should automatically trust them. This whole game was about the language barrier during the GAG order. It teaches us that words aren’t the only form of communication.
My teammate and I were on a winning streak and the adrenaline rush was amazing.
When my partner and I started playing silently against the new team, we realized we were coming to a couple of disagreements, which frustrated both teams. When my teammate threw our trump card in the pile and I would collect it, the other team kept going on about how we are in the wrong. We started arguing back and forth for a while about how the other team didn’t read the instructions properly. Since we weren’t allowed to communicate, I wrote a sentence on the notepad, because I was so frustrated that they weren’t playing correctly, but Professor Dawson saw that I broke the rules and ripped the paper out of the notepad. So then, I just started collecting the cards when me and my teammate would throw our trump cards, and the other team would just laugh it off.
But me and my teammate ended up on the three person table. When we arrived at the new table, the student who was stationed there since the start of the game, gestured to us that it’s every person on his own. This particular game was very confusing, and I couldn’t be bothered after the last game to even argue anymore.
This experiment was set up in a way that looked like we were migrating from country to country. The contestants being the citizens of the country, the tables representing the countries, and the cards were our moral and cultural beliefs. The reason why the game was set up in this manner, with the professor throwing us off with the typo and the GAG order, was all about language barrier and communication skills. We were betrayed but at the same time tested on how we, as individuals, would adapt to our environment. Then we were then told to leave the den and stand outside to recall what just happened