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    The Zimbardo prison experiment was a study of human responses to captivity‚ dehumanization and its effects on the behavior on authority figures and inmates in prison situations. Conducted in 1971 the experiment was led by Phlilip Zimbardo. Volunteer College students played the roles of both guards and prisoners living in a simulated prison setting in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Philip Zimbardo and his team aimed to demonstrate the situational rather than the dispositional causes

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    ABSTRACT The study us experimenters re-conducted was based on Norman Triplett’s study of social facilitation and how social presence or encouragement improves an individual’s speed and consistency in their performance. The experiment was replicated in using several trials for accurate results and was split into two stages: a mental challenge and a physical challenge. The two male and two female participants ranged from ages 15 to 17 years old. For the mental challenge‚ each participant was pulled

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    Snell's Law Experiment

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    the angles of incidence and the angles of refraction. 12. Use your practical results to verify Snell’s Law. Results: *Refractive index for Perspex is 1.5. Experiment 1 n1 sinθ1 = n2 sinθ2 1 sin30° = n2 sin19.5° ∴n2 =1.497 (Refractive Index) Experiment 1 check 1.497 sin 19.5 = 1.5 sin19.5° 0.4997 ≈ 0.5 Experiment 2 n1 sinθ1 = n2 sinθ2 1 sin60° = n2 sin35°

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    Daphnia Experiment Report

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    Daphnia Experiment Report 1. Introduction Caffeine is found in many plant species‚ where it acts as a natural pesticide. It is found most commonly in cocoa‚ tea and coffee‚ but is also artificially added to some soft drinks such as cola to act as a flavour enhancer. When consumed by humans‚ caffeine works as a stimulant causing amounts of released neurotransmitters to be increased. High use of caffeine has been related with raised blood pressure‚ restlessness‚ insomnia and anxiety which‚ in

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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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    After watching the Milgram experiment and the abuse that occur in Abu Ghraib prison. It is clear that leadership roles and authority position can both influence people to do thing that are harmful and bad to others. Leadership focuses on gaining people to follow them and is more based on free will. While authority has the power to tell people what to do. In the Milgram experiment many people back up why they continue administering shocks by stating‚ “Because an authority figure was telling them

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    given crop? In our experiment‚ we examine the effects of water on corn. Corn is a vital crop to North America‚ and there is a wide draw to maximizing crop yields. To determine the effects of different amounts of water‚ we tested plants with various watering times according to a schedule. All of the plants experienced all of the same conditions‚ except for the quantities of water

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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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    Experiment: Fresh Water

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    PLAN OF INVESTIGATION Fundamental Science Salt water egg experiment Result Some objects float on top of the ocean‚ and other objects sink to the bottom. Why? In this salt water egg experiment we can find a solution for this question. It was noted that to make the egg float salt is needed to dissolve into fresh water. When the egg was lowered into the fresh water container it started to sink. But when salt was added to the container the egg started to float. Adding salt

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    1932‚ the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) conducted an experiment in Macon Country‚ Alabama‚ to study the progression of syphilis in black males known as the “Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment”. During this experiment‚ medical professionals intentionally withheld treatment for syphilis after deceitfully promising these volunteers beneficial treatment to help combat the disease. Until this day‚ the Tuskegee syphilis experiment is an infamous clinical study in America’s history that delineates

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