Brenda Richardson Intro. to Psych. Chapter 6 Part 2 Loftus Experiment Elizabeth Loftus‚ a psychologist and expert on memory‚ has conducted much research on human memories‚ real and imagined‚ and how that may happen. Loftus‚ personally‚ has experienced the misinformation effect and eyewitness memory. Even though there are several experiments outlined‚ I chose the ’Lost in the Mall’ experiment as more fitting to the sex abuse testimony she gave. Participants‚ twenty-four of them‚
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Section November 7‚ 2012 Abstract The effect of water and fertilizer on corn seedlings was examined. It was hypothesized before the experiment that enough water with sunlight and air should make the plants grow healthy. It has to do with photosynthesis. Fertilizer is also going to make the plants grow much faster; this is because of the nutrients in it. The experiment took about four to six weeks to complete; it took some days for the seed to germinate before planting. The corn was growing there were
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the catalase comes in contact with the hydrogen peroxide‚ it is broken down into water and oxygen. Aim: The aim is to investigate and determine the effect of change in pH on the activity of the enzymes catalase. Equipment: Test tubes Test tube rack Pipettes Stopwatch Ruler Pen Safety goggles Gloves Materials: Liver pureed 3% of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) with few drops of detergent Safety: Hydrogen peroxide is corrosive therefore you should wear gloves and safety
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if this medicine cures the disease. All of these cases relate to decision making. We cannot reach a conclusion in these examples unless we have access to data. Data can be obtained from observational studies‚ experiments‚ or surveys. This article is devoted mainly to controlled experiments. However‚ it also explains observational studies and how they differ from surveys. Suppose two diets‚ Diet 1 and Diet 2‚ are being promoted by two different companies and each of these companies claims that
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3. Why don’t the terms depolarization and action potential mean the same thing? The terms depolarization and action potential differ because are excitable cells that communicate by transmitting electrical impulses that are capable of producing rapid electrical signals and depolarization in the interior surface of the membrane which becomes less negative and the exterior surface becomes less positive. Additionally‚ when depolarization reaches a certain threshold‚ an action potential is initiated
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positively charged ions (Cations) move away. Anode: Electrode which becomes negatively charged. During the process‚ positively charged ions (Cations) more towards the electrode whilst negatively charged ions (Anions) move away. [Electrodes for this experiment are firstly copper and secondly galvanized steel] (Wikipedia Editor ‚ 2012) (Wikipedia Editor ‚ 2012) (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 2007) 2. Direct Current:
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The ‘Experiment’ by Dr Haskell portrays the unusual experiment that he conducted to compare his bare body and a Chickadees body in harsh freezing conditions. He decided to investigate it further because there was no logical explanation for a tiny bird to be able to survive in such conditions. He related his astonishment to the Bergmann’s rule‚ which states that larger animals will be found in colder climates and smaller animals will be found in warmer climates. Haskell found that the Chickadees
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Length of Balloon (0.1cm) Trial: Time: Seconds (0.1cm) 30 1 2.0 30 2 2.1 30 3 1.9 30 4 2.2 30 5 1.8 mean: 2.0 Displacement (meters and centimeters) (1) Work (0.1) Power (0.1) 11 m‚ 18 cm 559 279.5 11 m‚ 32 cm 566 269.5 10 m‚ 33 cm 516.5 271.8 11 m‚ 32 cm 566 257.3 10 m‚ 32 cm 516 286.7 10 m‚ 89.4 cm 544.7 273.0 Veloctiy (m/s) Displacement/Time Acceleration (m/s/s) Velocity/Time Trial 1 11.18/2.0 = 5.59 5.59/2.0 = 2.80 Trial 2 11.32/2.1 = 5.39 5.39/2.1 = 2.57 Trial 3 10.33/1.9 = 5.43 5.43/1
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Flyne Anderson Experiment done - 30 September 2012 Report submitted - 02 October 2012 Chemistry 111 - Experiment 4 : Properties of Gasses Purpose: The purpose of the experiment is to learn about the properties of gasses‚ and identify them by their physical and chemical properties by combining different elements and observing how they react with each other‚ and outside influences. Materials/Procedure: I gathered my materials from the material list and set up my data table. I combined the zinc
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Organic Chemistry: CHP 225 Thomas Hsieh Experiment 2: Boiling Points o Date experiment was performed: September 16‚ 2011 o Objective: To determine the boiling point of organic compounds such as tert-butyl alcohol‚ sec-butyl alcohol‚ n-butyl alcohol‚ and an unknown. o Principle: Boiling point is the temperature at which gas and liquid phases coexist in equilibrium. At this temperature‚ the vaporization rate and the condensation rate are equal. The liquid and vapor reach a state of dynamic
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