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
Forensic Science Introduction: Someone in a restaurant has suddenly fallen ill and a mystery powder has been discovered with the victim. As the chief investigator, your duty is to identify the mystery substance through a lab. In this lab, it will consist of five known compounds and one unknown compound. Your job is to distinguish which one out of the five substances is the mystery powder. To figure out the mystery matter you will have to compare their physical and chemical properties and match them with the appropriate compound.
A former Yale psychologist, Stanley Milgram, administered an experiment to test the obedience of "ordinary" people as explained in his article, "The Perils of Obedience". An unexpected outcome came from this experiment by watching the teacher administer shocks to the learner for not remembering sets of words. By executing greater shocks for every wrong answer created tremendous stress and a low comfort levels within the "teacher", the one being observed unknowingly, uncomfortable and feel the need to stop. However, with Milgram having the experimenter insisting that they must continue for the experiments purpose, many continued to shock the learner with much higher voltages.The participants were unaware of many objects of the experiment until
Summary Dr. Stanley Milgram conducted a study at Yale University in 1962, in an attempt to understand how individuals will obey directions or commands. This study became known as the Milgram Obedience Study. Stanley Milgram wanted to understand how normal people could become inhumane, cruel, and severely hurt other people when told to carry out an order, in blind obedience to authority. This curiosity stemmed from the Nazi soldiers in Germany, and how their soldiers could do horrible acts to the Jews. To carry out his study, Dr. Milgram created a machine with an ascending row of switches that were marked with an increasing level of voltage that could be inflicted on another person.
Our subject plant for this experiment is Helianthus annuus, a common sunflower plant cultivated all over the world for its seeds and seed oil. Helianthus is an annual plant that grows from 1 to 3 meters, depending on conditions. It is for this reason I chose Helianthus as our subject plant. Shorter plants have a less measurable variable. Helianthus plants, with their long straight stems, would have a much easier variable to measure. A total of 24 Helianthus plants, six to each pot, will be used in the treatment. The large number of subject plants is because of genetic variation that might sway my results if I were to use only a single treatment pot.
the effect light has on the growth of pea plants. It will take place in an environment with controlled light, with equal amounts of plants being grown in the light and in the dark. All elements of the experiment other than light will be kept the same, such as amount of seeds in each pot, amount of soil in each pot and amount of water given to each plant each day. This will ensure a fair experiment. Prediction: I predict that in general, the plants grown in the light will grow better than those grown in the dark.
“This isn't fair,” I sniveled, “I don't understand. I can't lose her. I don't know what I'm going to do if I lose her.” Thursday, December 11th, 2014, the only source of warmth within my body came from the pillows and blankets that surrounded me. Tears streamed down my face, creating puddles on my pillows as I gradually felt my body start to tingle. Having lost control of my body, I was completely consumed by shock. Family and friends were trying to be comforting, but I hadn't interpreted words for hours. A distant ringing clogged my ears while my brain was conscious of only one thing, Morgan. In this split second my life changed.
The objective of my experiment was to observe how people reacted to a violation in the social norms of elevator etiquette. Generally in elevators, people fill in starting from the back, face the elevator doors, and rarely make verbal contact with others. Unless the passengers of the elevator know each other, conversation is sparse and often limited to small-talk. As a result of this, my goal in the experiment was to introduce a foreign behavior to the elevator, something that nobody would expect while going about their day. Thus, I entered a situation where a certain set of expectations was in place, such as the informal rule that individuals should stand (rather than sit) in an elevator, and violated those unspoken rules without acting in
Dehaene provides many studies within the book to explain how the unconscious is capable of processing semantic information. In the 1970s Anthony Marcel produced a study in which participants were flashed the word red or blue under the threshold of consciousness, then asked to pick a corresponding color, even though the participant stated that he/she was not able to perceive any word being shown. The study showed that participants were able to choose a corresponding color one-twentieth of a second faster when the word flashed ahead of time was red or blue, instead of an unrelated word. Since the participant was better able to pick the color patch based on the congruent primed word, it can be suggested that the brain is able to unconsciously process
The observational learning acquired by children from adults was represented in Banduras bobo doll experiment (1961) An adult model who expressed violent and aggressive behaviour was observed and replicated by children. This experiment involved a video of an adult behaving violently towards a bobo doll to be observed by children. The children were then given the opportunity to enter a room and play with the same bobo doll exhibited in the video. Bandura found that children who observed a video of the adult being punished for the aggressive behaviour towards the bobo doll replicated the aggressive behaviour less than children who observed an adult who got awarded or didn’t get punished for behaving aggressively towards the bobo doll. Consequently
For my breaching experiment, I decided to break the social norm of looking at someone while engaged in conversation with them. Today, it is socially unacceptable and impolite to avoid looking at someone when talking to them. The background assumption for a typical conversation is that direct eye contact will be made more often than not; otherwise social norms are being violated. Avoiding eye contact during an exchange tends to dehumanize the person that is not receiving the eye contact. It is impolite and offensive, not looking at someone who is talking makes it seem as though the topic being discussed is unimportant. For my research experiment I would constantly talk to someone without initiating eye contact, or with my back facing toward the subject, not turning around or making eye contact until I had to ring up their order or make the drink for them. This research is important because it uncovers what happens when the social norm of
Pythagoras Experiment Aim: To investigate the relationships between the lengths of the 3 sides of the right angled triangles and the perimeters and areas of these triangles. Task 1: a) The numbers 5, 12, 13 satisfy the condition. 5² + 12² = 13² Because 5² = 5x5 = 25 12² = 12x12 = 144 13² = 13x13
Knight presented as a slender, attractive young man who was casually dressed, nicely groomed, and he appeared age appropriate. He was brought to the appointment by his mother, and he separated from her easily. Throughout the evaluation, Knight maintained appropriate eye contact, and he responded well to conversation. Knight was reserved but polite and cooperative. He appeared to be interested in performing well on the tests. In the quiet and structured environment, Knight appeared to be focused, but one hour in, Knight appeared to have extreme difficulty sitting still. He frequently shifted positions, moved around in his chair, fidgeted and looked uncomfortable. It was clear that after one hour, it took substantial effort for Knight to remain focused.
Deviance is defined as any behavior, trait, or belief that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction within a group. Deviance, however, is based on perspective. Whether an action is deemed as deviant is based on the group, culture, location, time, or situation in which it occurs. To demonstrate, I will break a language norm by speaking Spanish in an English dominated city, Clovis. Specifically, this experiment will take place in a Trader Joe’s. I will also attempt “break” the norm at a Savemart in Madera, and compare the different reactions from Clovis. Many believe that I am white because of my skin color, however, that is not the case since I come from a Mexican family. I choose to perform this experiment because I have lived
Is it ethical or even helpful to try to impose order on a haphazard existence? Is it right to play God, to steal the limelight from the cosmos? Man used to ponder existence, but with the increasing possibilities of science, we now ponder our power over existence. In “An Experiment with an Air Pump,” Shelagh Stephenson uses symbolism associated with Isobel as a voice of foreboding in a society “enraptured by the possibilities of science” (3). Stephenson associates Isobel with a bird, a pile of bones, and a sheep to reveal the dark side of the “light,” the scientific revolution.
the equation X = X0 + V0t – 1/2gt2, or D= V0t – 1/2gt2 .A quadratic