demonstrate that sometimes people conforms to the responses of a unanimous majority even when this majority seems to be wrong. For this study Asch showed groups of people two cards‚ one of them had a line‚ called standard line‚ and the other card had 3 more lines then the participants had to select which line of the second card was the same height of the line in the first card. The majority of members of each group were confederates and had to answer wrong to see how the minority would answer. Asch
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Osmosis Lab Report The essential focus of the experiment was to acquire data for the mass change resulting from osmosis in order to determine the carbohydrate solution of the carrot cells. The carrots were a vegetable used within the experiment with a carbohydrate solution around .5 M. The hypothesis is if there are carrots in different carbohydrate solutions then there will be a percent change in mass. The carrots have large vacuoles that hold water‚ this allows the mass to increase when the hypertonic
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analogue experiment blind design case study confound control group correlation correlational method dependent variable double-blind design epidemiological study A research method in which the experimenter produces abnormal-like behavior in laboratory participants and then conducts experiments on the participants. An experiment in which participants do not know whether they are in the experimental or the control condition. A detailed account of a person’s life and psychological
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Plates 200ml beaker Measuring cylinder (10ml‚ 100ml) Pipette Burette Conical Flask Bunsen burner Any reagents used in this experiment Eggshell NaOH 1moldm3 HCl 1moldm3 Phenolphthalein Procedure 1. Each student should obtain one egg and the necessary glassware from the side bench. 2. Break the egg into a beaker. Add water to the egg and stir before pouring down the drain. 3. Wash the shell with deionized water and peel off all of the
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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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Experiment 5: Shifting Equilibrium A solution is in equilibrium when the rate of forward reaction and the rate of reverse reaction are equal. This equilibrium may be disturbed when the concentration of the reactants‚ the concentration of the products or the temperature is changed. If the process involves gases‚ a change in pressure can also affect the position of equilibrium. The concept behind this is Le Chatelier ’s Principle which states that when a system is disturbed through application
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Afterlife Investigations: The Scole Experiment “Best evidence of life after death ever.” This is what this documentary film is pointing out. Is there really a life after death? Well this film makes me believe more that there is indeed a life after death. However‚ how can scientific evidence explain life after death? Now this film showed me how. The ninety-minute documentary film is about the Scole Experiment‚ which is a five-year investigation into life after death. It is conducted by members
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the okay to do the experiment‚ I grabbed the girls and went to work. The experiment I picked was the conservation concept‚ where the idea that merely changing the appearance of objects does not necessarily change other key properties. In other words‚ just because I put the same amount of water in a bigger case‚ doesn’t change how much water there is. I predict that both the girls would fail at conservation concept‚ and always
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The quote written by Ralph Waldo Emerson states‚ ’’Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.’’ The preceding quote means that people only get one chance to live. They should not waste time second guessing their actions. If you want to do something reasonable then go for it and don’t hold back. I am able to relate to this quote in several ways. One example is when I go mountain biking. I tend to second guess myself about going over the jumps. Another example
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Synthesis of Aspirin and Oil of Wintergreen INTRODUCTION: Synthesis and use of organic compounds is an extremely important area of modern chemistry. Approximately half of all chemists work with organic chemicals. In everyday life‚ many if not most of the chemicals you come in contact with are organic chemicals. Examples include drugs‚ synthetic fabrics‚ paints‚ plastics‚ etc. Synthesis of Aspirin and Methyl Salicylate. The two compounds we will be preparing‚ aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and oil
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