Environmental Science The Scientific Method Amber Steadham October 31‚ 2012 Abstract: We conducted several experiments using the Scientific Method. We made observations‚ recorded them and used our observations to propose a hypothesis. The experiments included chemical and physical reactions dealing with torn news paper‚ appearance of rock salt crystals‚ the appearance of sand‚ oil and water on plastic‚ and making iodine in water and mineral oil. We found that all these included four physical
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so deeply ingrained and powerful that it cancels out a person’s ability to behave morally‚ ethically‚ or even sympathetically. In 1963 Milgram carried out an experiment. He hypothesized that individuals who would never intentionally cause someone physical harm would do so if ordered by a powerful authority figure. To carry out the experiment‚ Milgram designed a shock generator- a large electronic device with 30 switches labeled with voltage levels from 30 volts increasing at 15-volt intervals to
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psychologist‚ and student of Solomon Asch‚ conducted a controversial experiment in 1961‚ investigating obedience to authority. The experiment was held to see if a subject would do something an authority figure tells them‚ even if it conflicts with their personal beliefs and morals. This experiment brought uproar amongst the psychological world and caused the code of ethics to be reviewed and ultimately changed. In the experiment subjects were asked to administer shocks ranging from fifteen volts
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Social influence is defined as individual mental process (conviction‚ perception‚ thought‚ reaction) and behaviour are being changed in a social group interaction Milgram’s experiment is to study the effect of obedience to authority. Study was performed to determine what factors influenced people to submit to authority and to what extent people conform an order against their conscience despite knowing it causes distress and harm to another person. McLeod‚ S. (1970). 40 male participants between
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ABSTRACT The Stroop experiment focuses on the interference of a person’s reaction time on a given task. Certain tasks can be performed with more accuracy due to the fact that our brain becomes conditioned to react automatically after exposure of the stimuli. In this particular experiment‚ eight-teen college students underwent the Stroop experiment in individualized laboratory rooms. Four students were male and fourteen were females. The experiment helped us examine the horse race model
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the mind. Explain how Donders experiment can be repeated in a modern laboratory using the physiological approach to the study of the mind Donder’s work attempts to describe the processes going on in the mind‚ by analyzing cognitive activity into separate stages. Until Donder’s work‚ many scientists had assumed that the mental operations involved in responding to a stimulus occurred instantaneously. Donder was particularly interested in "timing the mind" and used a subtraction technique to time
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Parachute experiment Aim: The aim was to find the effect of holes on a parachute‚ varying their size and number. Hypothesis: 1. By increasing the number of holes‚ the time it will take to the parachute to reach the ground will be longer and its flight will be more balanced. 2. By increasing the size of the hole on the parachute‚ the time it will take to the parachute to reach the ground will be shorter and its flight will be less balanced. Apparatus: - garbage bag (squared shape
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CHEM XXI Project Report Worksheet (4 pages max.) Experiment title: How Do We Identify an Unknown Substance? Guiding questions: State the question or questions that that you were trying to answer in this lab. How do you determine the two unknown types of plastic? What are the two unknown plastics? Safety considerations: Briefly describe the safety measures you had to take to perform the experiments. Before entering the lab‚ I put on my lab coat and practiced using
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Imagine‚ being an animal locked in a to small cage‚ poisoned with cancer‚ drugged‚ and wishing you were dead. Animals being tested on have all these bad things happening to them and much‚ much‚ more. Many products such as cosmetics‚ chemicals and even bath products are tested on animals. Sometimes it gets in their eyes and can harm them enough to make them lose hair or even their lives. On the other side of the debate‚ people will argue that people should be allowed to experiment on animals because
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100 million animals are used in animal testing every single year to further the understanding of species and the impact of different modern medicines. There are many organizations that are extremely against the use of these animals in medicine‚ saying that it is “cruel and inhumane”. Compare these 100 million to the 56 billion animals slaughtered for food for humans. Those 100 million almost seem like a small amount‚ don’t they? The animals used in scientific testing have contributed to many life-saving
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