Stanley Milgram was an extremely famous psychologist who was best known for his groundbreaking experiment on the subject of obedience during the 1960s. Milgram began his career as a psychologist just around the time that the horrifying truth of the concentration camps came out. The fact that almost an entire nation obeyed one man‚ who commanded them to do inhumane and grotesque acts to other human beings intrigued Stanley Milgram. He became even more interested when he began watching the trial of
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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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smallest zone of inhibition as it was the cheapest. The sponges results were also interesting as there was no clearly seen zone of inhibitions that were noticeable enough to be able to measure. Discussion The results that were gained from this experiment refute the hypothesis. It refute the hypothesis as the most expensive detergent (morning fresh) did not have the largest zone of inhibition. Evaluate interesting aspects of
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During World War II‚ German doctors and physicians conducted harmful and cruel experiments with victims of the Holocaust; mainly in the concentration camp “Auschwitz.” Nazis’ goals were to improve their medical science‚ prove that they were the “Master Race‚” and they also wanted to have better treatments for the personnel of the German Military. The experiments performed were often deadly‚ but the physicians didn’t care‚ and tested the prisoners anyway. Some of the many victims were Jews‚ Romans
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DATE: 28/10/12. NAME OF THE TEACHER: GALY ELBAZ. [pic] INTRUDUCTION Experiments with animals In this project we chose to write about experiments on animals because we are owner of pets at home and this topic is pest us!: this animals have life too ‚ this animals are like humans they are a part of our family-they have feelings/thoughts/rights like a humans and the experiments are cruel and it make them to suffer!!! There exaggeration trials assessing the necessity of
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Blue Eyed Jane Elliot’s diversity training experiment is one of the most impressive educational research projects that I have ever seen so far in college. Her brave approach and the very professional behavior that she manages to maintain through the entire experiment allow the participants feel empathy and acceptance. Even though the entire movie was very interesting to watch and exposed very sad facts‚ there were some parts that stood out from the rest and deeply affected me. Towards the
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at a 7. After two minutes elapsed‚ I again rubbed the sandpaper gently with my right index finger. My perception of the coarseness of the sandpaper did change during this experiment. On the second trial‚ the texture of the sandpaper felt smoother to the touch. I rated the coarseness at a 4 the second time. During this experiment‚ the sensory receptors located in the nerve endings on my fingertip responded to the presented stimulus‚ recognizing the pressure of touching the sandpaper. This information
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Experiment 10 – Enzymes Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts for biological reactions. Enzymes‚ like all catalysts‚ speed up reactions without being used up themselves. They do this by lowering the activation energy of a reaction. All biochemical reactions are catalyzed by enzymes. Since enzymes are proteins‚ they can be denatured in a variety of ways‚ so they are most active under mild conditions. Most enzymes have optimum activity at a neutral pH and at body temperature. Enzymes are
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their behaviour did and it was nothing to do with individual personality. The experiment links into the Milgram experiment‚ in which ordinary people followed orders to give what they thought was electric shocks to people they could not see. Participants’ behaviour was slightly affected due to the fact that they were watched as opposed to a lurking variable (Hawthorne effect). This questions the reliability of the experiment and its findings to a certain extent‚ as we do not know how the participants
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The Bouncy Egg Experiment! Mrs. Murosky December 19‚ 2013 Introduction: GOAL: The goal of this experiment is to get an egg to bounce. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? : The results of the egg experiment is important because it shows what the membrane of an egg looks like‚ but allows the experimenter to have fun in the process. LITERATURE: The acids in the vinegar make the shell deteriorate. Eggs contain "calcium carbonate"(this is what makes it hard)‚ and vinegar is an acid. When they both combine
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