Helping or not helping
Gum, not only a fun thing to chew whenever we feel, may actually be helping us in school. The experiment is all about how the brain remembers words. But in this experiment, I am testing if gum actually helps us remember a paragraph of words. The variable that is changing is the flavor of gum. It is being changed to see if one helps more than another flavor. One thing I am keeping the same is the paragraph being memorized.
In this experiment data will be found about the flavor of gum that best improves memorization. “Most of the information we acquire is forgotten and never makes it into long-term memory”(Why do we remember certain things, but forget others). If this succeeds then we will know what gum to chew next time we are studying. This experiment can help by letting the next generation get scholarships and good jobs. Usually when we memorize something we do not forget for a while. Also, another event that could take place is that gum factories will spark up in that flavor because of the good news. This will help future students get scholarships easier if a better gum is developed. This can help teachers when grading papers because it would not take as long if more
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Ancient Greeks chewed something called mastic gum for a long time. Mastic gum is from the resin contained in the bark of the mastic tree. There was also spruce gum which was from the resin in the bark of the spruce tree. Soo an alternative was made and soon superseded spruce gum. An Ohio dentist used rubber to create a gum product for jaw exercise and gum stimulation. “William F. Semple was honored for this work with the first patent to manufacture chewing gum in December 1869”(Wrigley, History of gum). “On average we chew almost 300 sticks of gum a year and with the variety gum available today it doesn't seem like that number will go down any time soon”(The History of Chewing
In the experiment “ Talking to plants “ from Mythbusters, potential problems include the use of greenhouses with no sound insulation, a non-homogeneous location and the use of only one specie to infer on a population. In another scientific study, researchers chose to use “ a noiseless growth chamber to prevent any effects from extraneous noise “ and the use “ growth chambers under continuous light at 28 c and 65-75% relative humidity “ in order to maintain a homogeneous location for all plants during the experiment (Jeong et al., 2008) . This helped further explain the findings because with the use of noiseless chambers you can assure that the only noise that the plant was receiving was the one given in the treatment and a valid conclusion
Day 1: (a) Choose four gummy bear from the teacher. Use the equipment available to measure your gummy bear and record the data in the chart for Day 1
As a psychologist who is trying to follow up on any of the study in the articles above, I would pick the cookie monster and create two groups and randomly select participants to represent each group. I would label one group as experimental and the other group as control group. In the first group which is the experimental group, the participants will be given an analogy on how cookies boost happiness in an individual. In the process of conducting this experiment, each participant will be handed cookies whenever they are moody and depressed. However in the control group, the participants would be totally unaware of the supposed positive effect of cookie consumption, but will also be given cookies whenever they are sad. After doing this, I will sum up an evaluation on whether the intake of cookies can really improve an individual’s mood.
My experiment is testing one of the five senses of my dog, Blaze. I am testing for taste. In this experiment the question I am going to answer is, Which of three flavors of treats will my dog prefer? The treats are made by the same company, Beggin’ Strips from Nestlé Purina PetCare Division, but they are different flavors. The flavors used will be Hickory Smoked Bacon, Bacon & Cheese, and Bacon & Peanut Butter. My hypothesis for this experiment is, Of the three flavors my dog will prefer the Bacon & Cheese flavor the best. I chose this topic for my experiment because I have a major interest in animals and I am hoping to get a degree in some form of veterinarian services, such as zoology.
Did you know that chewing gum can cause jaw problems which can lead to TMJ(Temporomandibular joint dysfunction).which is a really bad syndrome that causes “Pain and compromised movement of the jaw joint and the surrounding muscles”.Now that's only one reason why gum is not good for you but there is more. Here are the other the reasons why gum is bad for you ,it is an distraction,and it can cause littering.
The American Indians discovered another natural form of gum-like resin by cutting the bark of spruce trees. They introduced the custom of chewing spruce gum to the early North American settlers. These savvy New Englanders created the first commercial chewing gum by selling and trading lumps of spruce. Spruce gum continued to be sold in 19th century America until the 1850s when paraffin wax became the new popular base for chewing gum.
The kids that did not eat the marshmallow had good grades the ones that did eat the marshmallow had not so good or very bad grades. By the research that they found they were sure that the kids
The control variable influenced the results that we got in the bubble gum lab. First of all, getting gum stuck in your teeth or braces impacted the outcome. If it gets stuck in your teeth, the chewed mass would be lower than it should be, and would result in a higher percentage of sugar. This could explain why our groups percentage were higher than the company's control for the Bazooka gum by 1.3%. Also, the rate at which someone chews the gum affected the data, and might be the reason that Super Bubble’s percentage is low. I was chewing Super Bubble with my braces, and with my braces, I might not have been chewing as fast as I should have been. This wouldn’t have dissolved all the sugar, and would make the percentage lower than the control
Furthermore, chewing gum should be allowed because it will improve memory which is very helpful in school. It will help with assignments and tests alike. It will help students remember they have homework and to turn in certain assignments. Presdemocrat.com states, “Psychologists in the United Kingdom have also proven that chewing gum
You might guess it’s a custom dreamed up by a modern-day, real-life Willy Wonka, but people have been chewing gum, in various forms, since ancient times. There’s evidence that some northern Europeans were chewing birch bark tar 9,000 years ago, possibly for enjoyment as well as such medicinal purposes as relieving toothaches. The ancient Maya chewed a substance called chicle, derived from the sapodilla tree, as a way to quench thirst or fight hunger, according to “Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas” by Jennifer P. Mathews. The Aztecs also used chicle and even had rules about its social acceptability. Only kids and single women were allowed to chew it in public, notes Mathews. Married women and widows could chew it privately to freshen their breath, while men could chew it in secret to clean their teeth.
The history of chewing tobacco is sweet and simple. Native americans were the first to introduce the use of chewing “tobacco” to the europeans. They would take green leaves and crush up a shell of a mussel then mix that into the green leaf to make the chew (History of Chew). In 1822 George weyman started to produce Copenhagen. He started out making
There were 32 (22 female and 10 male) participants in this word recall experiment. Participants were of traditional and nontraditional college-age. The participants were from various academic majors; however, all participants were currently enrolled in one of three sections of an experimental psychology course. All of the experimental psychology students taking part in this experiment had previously completed a course in general psychology and psychological statistics earning a grade of “C” or better. The participants took part in the experiment as a learning experience for the class.
Group A consisted of two females, one eighteen years of age and the other nineteen, and two males, one eighteen years of age and the other nineteen. Group B consisted of the remaining participants. Both groups saw the entire list words for ten minutes before the screen was turned off. During this time, Group B chewed on spearmint gum while Group A was not exposed to the stimulus. Both groups were then given a 1-minute break prior to the test. When the minute was up, they wrote the words they still remembered onto a piece of paper. A total of five minutes was given to recall the words. During this time, Group B chewed on spearmint gum and Group A was not exposed the stimulus. Both groups then had their results analyzed to determine which group was able to recall more words.
First, chewing gum helps students learn, focus and improves memory. Chewing gum can help you stay on task longer. Chewing gum boosts mental performance. Studies shows that students who chew gum during tests show improvement to those who don’t chew gum at all.
When we chew gum, we are basically chewing rubber. Gum started out as latex sap from a tree (the sapodilla). The tree grew in Central America, and the sap we chewed was called chicle. Chicle has the same properties as rubber, because it doesn’t break down when we chew it. Later, after World War II, scientists found a way to create something called synthetic rubber. Synthetic rubber is still similar to chicle because it still doesn’t break down when you chew it, but it isn’t natural like chicle is. (How Stuff Works, 2000… April 1st)