dominant thumb experiment is used to observe the correlation between handedness and thumb dominance and whether one inherited trait will always influences another correlated trait. Examples of this experiment of this can be traced back as far as 1908. In this experiment 50 people were asked to clasp their hands and the thumb dominance. Once the hands were clasped‚ one thumb would naturally overlap the other and the handedness of each subject was noted. The hypothesis of the experiment is that when
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horrifying medical experiments that took place involving concentration camp prisoners as “test” patients. Not only did these experiments violate the basic rights of human beings‚ but they were an absolute insult to humanity. While this topic is a very uncomfortable‚ and one that makes you question the minds of the people who conducted these experiments‚ it is one that is necessary so that we may become educated and not allow history to repeat itself. Over thirty experiments were conducted on prisoners
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Examine the problems some sociologists may face when using experiments in their research. (20 marks) (January 2009) MODEL ANSWER Experiments are the preferred scientific method. There are two main types of experiments. The classic scientific experiment takes place in a laboratory in controlled conditions. By contrast field experiments take place in more natural but less controlled experiments. Although experiments are very successful in science they are rarely used in Sociology for the following
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Purpose: To investigate the relationship between the speed of sound in air through the pulse-echo experiment and the measured air temperature. Hypothesis: I believe the measured air temperature will affect the speed of sound because sound waves are longitudinal waves composed of the alternating compressions and rarefactions in air. If the air temperature is below 0°C‚ then the speed of sound would be lower than 331.6 m/s and if the air temperature is above 0°C‚ then the speed of sound would be higher
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The Failure to Escape Traumatic Shock In May of 1967 Martin Seligman and Steven Maier conducted a research Called “Failure to escape traumatic shock”. This experiment involved three groups of dogs. Each group of dogs had a different purpose. Group one was the control group and did not receive a shock. Group two received a shock but was able stop the halter from shocking them by pressing a button. Group three was shocked and was not able to stop the shock‚ they were forced to wait for group two
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EXPERIMENT 2: SUSPENDED SOLIDS 1.0 OBJECTIVE This objective of this experiment is to determine the quantity of suspended solids in polluted water samples. 2.0 INTRODUCTION Water quality is vitally important in our daily life. However‚ due to water pollution‚ the quality of water is questionable for safe usage. In order to determine water quality‚ one of the indicator and measurement that can be used is by suspended solids (SS). Suspended solids is one type of physical water-quality measurement
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The Stanley Milgram experiment takes normal everyday people and gives them orders to do horrible things. The test is to see if someone would do an awful act just on the basis of someone telling them to. This experiment speaks to the ’nature of responsibility’ and to see if the subject will stop the experiment due to its dangerous nature. The subject is tricked into thinking they are the teacher‚ and the other person in the room‚ an actor‚ is the learner. The teacher will ask the learner a series
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Summary The Stanford Prison was an experiment to study the psychological effects and reactions of students pretending to be prisoners and guards. This study was conducted in 1971 and although it was suppose to have duration of 2 weeks‚ it finished after just 6 days. The experiment required 24 male students for the role-play and paid $15‚00 per day. Several volunteers answered to an ad on a newspaper and were selected after being interviewed. They were all healthy and there were no psychological
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n this study‚ the Stroop effect experiment will be carried out on matching and mismatching test. The Stroop effect experiment was named after Ridely Stroop‚ published in 1935‚ and the purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the difference in reaction time of reading the name of the coloured words and naming the ink of the colour. Not only does it record the reaction time‚ but it also aims to measure individuals focused attention‚ learning and memory (Stroop‚ 1935). However‚ when reading through
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Josef Mengele was the most well known doctor during the Holocaust because of all the inhumane human experiments he performed. As a doctor at Auschwitz‚ he was ranked as a chief officer. As a doctor‚ he conducted many experiments. These experiments lead to his fascination with twins‚ how the body reacts to sterilization‚ and how the body reacts in freezing cold weather. Josef Mengele was born on March 16‚ 1911 in Gunzburg‚ Germany and died February 7‚ 1979 in Bertioga‚ Brazil at the age of 67
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