Milgram’s experiment in 1960 by social psychologist Dr. Stanely Milgram’s (1963‚ 1965) was a controversial experiment. He researched the effect of authority on obedience. I don’t think the scientific community overreacted to this experiment because it is unethical to reduce subjects to "twitching shuttering wrecks". Though the human mind is amazing strong we still do not know its breaking point. For interviewers to carry out the kind of experiment they did‚ they have to be willing to face the consequences
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discussion I would like to contrast controlled laboratory experiments and naturalistic observations research methods. In controlled laboratory experiments‚ the researchers conduct their studies in a controlled setting. Conversely‚ studies involving naturalistic observation‚ examine participants in their natural environment. Below I present a contrast of the most essential features of each of these methods of research. Controlled laboratory experiments: • Objective: Seek to compare two or more conditions
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THE SUBJECT MATTER OF EXPERIMENTS A well-designed experiment tells us that changes in the explanatory variable cause changes in the response variable. More exactly‚ it tells us that this happened for specific subjects in the specific environment of this specific experiment. No doubt we had grander things in mind. We want to proclaim that our new method of teaching math does better for high school students in general or that our new drug beats a placebo for some broad class of patients. Can we
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Question How does chewing gum affect concentration on short term auditory memory tasks? Hypothesis Purpose The purpose of this experiment was to show teachers whether or not they should allow their students to chew gum in class. If teachers take a gander at this experiment then teachers may allow gum for the chance of better test grades. It may also help individuals‚ knowing that chewing gum can improve concentration on short term auditory memory tasks. Materials and Procedures Chewing gum
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Analysis Torque is the ability of force to change the rotational motion of a particle. It is also called the moment of force. It is always specified with regard to the axis of rotation. On the experiment the axis of rotation serves as the model balance. This means that as much as torque is directly proportional with the force applied on a particle‚ it is also dependent on the perpendicular distance of the applied force to the axis of rotation. On the first activity we need to determine
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In this experiment we are going to describe stress and prove how can a prolonged exposition to it have a negative impact on memory. The definition of stress used in this experiment is: difficulty one suffers that causes worry‚ emotional tension or loss of concentration. The reason why this topic has been chosen is because stress is a part of nowadays‚ hectic society and it has a very noticeable effect on people’s performance‚ in either work or daily life. The outcome of this experiment could be
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The Aim of the experiment: In this experiment I will investigate the relationship between the concentration of the hydrochloric acid and the rate of a reaction. To find this out I will react different concentration of hydrochloric acid and magnesium‚ from there I will monitor the gas (hydrogen) produced and analyse the results. Prediction: I predict the higher the molarity of the hydrochloric acid the faster the rate of reaction therefore the quicker the gas will be produced in the specific
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situations if a man is stuck in a prison cell or a man trapped in a well. “Within a very short time‚ both guards and prisoners were settling into their new roles‚ with their guards adopting theirs quickly and easily”‚ paragraph 10. The Stanford Prison Experiment by Saul Mcleod. When they were acquiring new roles‚ they became aggressive to one another and had experienced mood changes. Since the guards had more
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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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involved when two incompressible substances are mixed together. 12 experiments were performed‚ 10 involving the combination of a measured amount of hot and cold water and 2 involving the combination of ice and liquid water‚ the majority of these experiments were performed three times. The average variance in final temperature for each experiment was less than 10 percent providing proof of repeatability. Equipment used during the experiment included a gram scale‚ thermocouple‚ Styrofoam cup‚ glass beakers
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