Introduction The brain is one of the most complex machines to ever exist. Many experiments are conducted to try to learn more about the brain. Within the Bransford & Johnson experiment‚ their experiment focusing on the memory aspect of the brain. They focus on schema theory which was proposed by J. Piaget. Schema is the mental framework that helps interpret information by comparing new information to pre-existing knowledge. This study was conducted in 1972 by Bransford and Johnson. The aim of
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damage to 14 % of its forest trees. In this experiment‚ I will find out what consequences acid rain has on the germination and subsequent growth of cress seedlings. I will use cress seedlings‚ which germinate quickly and can grow a few centimetres in a matter of days and sodium metabisulphite‚ which reacts slowly with water to produce sulphur dioxide gas. The seedlings will have to be in an enclosed system so the sulphur dioxide does not escape. The experiment is a simulation trying to model a powerstation
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The problem for this experiment is how does the amount of caffeine affect the speed and performance of a mouse. The hypothesis is if the amount of caffeine consumed by the mouse is increased‚ then the time at which the mouse completes a set obstacle course will decrease when time is a function of caffeine quantity. The amount of caffeine consumed by the mouse before completing the obstacle course is the independent variable. The dependent variable of the experiment is the amount of time the mouse
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Conclusion The purpose of our experiment was to determine if reading off words in various colors helped improve memory. Our hypothesis was that color helped memory and it was in fact proven by our experiments. According to data table 2‚ the average words remembered by the white control group was 6.4‚ while the other groups with the colors had averages of 6.8 and 8.2. Our hypothesis also proven in table 3‚ where the average words remembered by the control was 4.6 and the other two groups had averages
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Mark John Paul V. Caneso PSY 101 – P July 4‚ 2013 Critical Thinking Paper Chapter 1 – re: Stereotypes‚ Athletes‚ and College Test Performance (page32) 1. In this experiment‚ what might be some extraneous variables affecting the students’ test performance? 2. What might educators do to try to prevent the effect of the “dumb jock” negative stereotype on college athletes? The experiment done by Jameson‚ Diehl‚ and Danso‚ attests that a negative stereotype‚ being referred to as a “dumb jock”
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Altruism: A Field Experiment Kamille J. Bernabe Master in Psychology Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School Advanced Social Psychology Abstract Everyday life is filled with small acts of altruism. While we may be all too familiar with altruism‚ social psychologists are interested in understanding why it occurs. What inspires these acts of kindness? What motivates people to risk their own lives to save a complete stranger? Altruism as defined as the concern
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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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antisocial behavior. The experiment was undertaken with pastoralists from southern Namibia and the study area is divided into two parts according to the exogenous differences in biomass production (a high yield and a low yield area). In this paper‚ biomass production is taken as a proxy of resource scarcity and moved the lab to the field to observe fundamental human behaviors‚ such as risk aversion‚ time preference‚ trust‚ spite‚ and cooperation. There were two experiments‚ such as‚ a one-shot public
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Critique of The Hawthorne Experiments Biography Written by Fritz J. Roethlisberger (1898 – 1974)‚ The Hawthorne Experiments‚ explores the experiments‚ results and conclusions of studies performed at the Hawthorne Plant of the Western Electric Company. The Hawthorne Effect is the theory that resulted from the studies. Roethlisberger‚ a key member of the team‚ joined the team in 1927 and actively participated in the research until 1936‚ first as Elton Mayo’s assistant and later as his collaborator
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Phillip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment: Ethical or not? Chase Clark University of Massachusetts‚ Lowell Abstract The research conducted in this paper consists of solely the Stanford Prison Experiment‚ which was originally conducted by the social psychologist‚ Phillip G. Zimbardo. This experiment replicated a real prison that took students to participate in it. Students role-played the prisoners themselves‚ and prison guards. It was conducted in the basement of the psychology department
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