Saltine Crackers

Participants
Participants in this study were all psychology students from the only summer section of research and statistics method class from the Northeastern University. The sample included 18 participants (5 males,17 females and 1 unknown). Age mean amongst the class (M= 26.39), with a stand deviation of (SD =4.075). The study was introduced by instruction before the conduction of the experiment. One student did withdrew from the study before the conduction.
Materials
The materials used for this study were small wax paper cups used to hold the sample beverage. The beverage that was contain in neutral unbranded bottles. Each bottle was labeled A and B for the distinctions of sample beverage. Saltine Crackers were used to neutralize the

The instructor told each participant to label one cup A and the other cup B. As each student labeled the cups the instructor indicated to each participant which beverage A or B the would be dinking first, creating a counterbalance between participants. As follows, the instructor poured the sample beverages in the indicated cup of each participant. A questionnaire was also give to the participants to indicate their age, gender, consumption behaviors and prediction of whether the beverage was either Coke or Pepsi. Participates then eat the saltine crackers to neutralize their taste bubs to prior consumption which would have been 30 minutes before the conduction of the study and after the first consumption of the first beverage. Half of the participants consumed cup A, while the other half consumed cup B creating a counterbalance amongst results and consumption of the different beverages. Lastly, participants were then told to classify on the questioner whether A cup was Pepsi or Coke and the same classification for Cup

It was hypotheses that if a person was formalized with their preferred beverage the would be more like to distinguish the difference. However, as seen in the the result section there was statically no significant difference amongst preference and distinction meaning that preference does not shape the likelihood of predicting the correct brand. Gender and preference also had statically no significances. Both male and females were more likely to guess correctly, however within conduction of the experiment them were more female than male which could cause disparities within the study. Also, the factor of how long ago a participant consumed food shaped how many coals were correctly guessed. I can be seen through the study that individuals that consumed food more recently to the study could predict the beverages correctly. Meaning that once an individual satisfied their physiological needs the can predict or make a distinct more accurately, which is seen throughout Maslow’s hierarchy of