1) Define SRT- Simple reaction time; a type of reaction that requires just one response to a single stimulus. 2) Define CRT- Choice reaction time; a type of reaction where there is an alternative stimulus and the subject gives a particular response for the presented one. 3) What are the different groups used for comparison?- The karate athletes were grouped and compared based on their age (children, cadets, juniors, and seniors), gender, and whether they compete at a national or international level. 4) Describe the methods in your words.- Karate athletes that were competing in the same tournament were selected and volunteered to be tested on their auditory and visual reaction times. These included auditory reaction time, simple reaction time, and choice reaction time. There were 227 athletes that participated in the study and ranged from the ages of 10 to over 18. The researchers conducting the study followed the same protocol for each participant, which included the athlete's using their dominant hand during the …show more content…
In addition, the reaction times for children were also higher when it came to simple and choice reaction time. There were no real significant differences when it came to cadets, juniors, and seniors in any of the tested categories. Juniors recorded the lowest score in auditory reaction time, seniors recorded the lowest score in simple reaction time, and juniors recorded the lowest score in choice reaction time. In addition, the results showed that athletes competing at the international level had quicker reaction times in all categories when compared to athletes that compete at the national level. Finally, the only significant difference between the reaction times of males and females was with choice reaction time. Males scored significantly lower than
One topic that is a big part in the experiment, testing how reaction time is affected by the influence of peppermint candy, is reaction time. Reaction time can be defined as the amount of time an organism takes to respond to stimulus, or a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue. For example, the International Encyclopedia of The Social Sciences explained reaction time
Identify the hypothesis (testable question) that the study was trying to answer and describe the methods of research used in each study.
A sample of children ranging from 4 to 13 years old are going to be asked to watch a Rainbow Brite video. The children will be randomly picked from a childcare center. To ensure that the children are going to be randomly assigned, the children will range in different age groups. The first group will consist of 4, 6, and 8 year olds. The second group will consist of 10,12, and 14 year olds. It would have to be a field experiment because you have to go out and collect the data.
Reaction time is key in Touch Football because you must react very fast when you are defending and someone is trying to step you or throw a dummy to get past you or to intercept a longball.
In response to the question set, I will go into detail of the study, consisting of the background, main hypotheses, as well the aims, procedure and results gathered from the study; explaining the four research methods chosen to investigate, furthering into the three methods actually tested.
For the experiment, 30 female Yr. 11 Psychology students will be asked, with informed consent, to record their psychological reaction time from the Stroop test - and physiological reaction times from the Reaction Time test - with a timer, prior to and after consuming caffeine, collecting Objective Quantitative Data. After gathering the data, they will be placed in two bar graphs and interpreted.
Identify the chosen research method (experimental, survey, observation or correlational research) and if appropriate, the design used. (1 mark) I am using a lab experiment as my research method. I am using an independent groups design. PB4: Identify the advantages(s) and disadvantage(s) of the chosen research method. (2 marks)
The control group was the test subjects’ typing scores (speed and accuracy) while listening to no music. The
1) The authors acknowledged that one of the limitations to this study is that not all instructions would get read due the self-pace of the
Sports psychology can be defined as the study and application of the attitudes and behaviors of athletes (including team athletes) that impact (either positively or negatively) performance in sports or competitive settings. The goal of sports psychology is to help athletes and teams identify unhealthy attitudes and beliefs, apply mental toughness skills and peak performance strategies to perform at optimal levels (Cohn). Sports psychology is not recognized as a traditional field of practice offered by graduate programs; although, it is a recognized field of specific study under Kinesiology and Physical Education Programs. Sports psychology was first founded in 1920 by Carl Diem in Berlin, Germany. Later on, in 1925, sport psychology was brought to the U.S by Cloman Griffith. These early psychologists aimed to observe the effects of mental state on different factors of performance such as reaction time, tension, relaxation, and awareness (Haney). In the 1960’s Griffith’s research interest in sports psychology reemerged after having faded away for a while; however, the field had a...
In sports, you make split second decisions based off your reaction times. If a basketball team were in a game and one teammate was able to get free from his opponent for a second but his teammate with the ball could not reaction fast enough, he would miss his opportunity to score than play. According to the test takes by the American Association of Health, if a man and a women were put into the same predicament, the man would do better than the
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The male human has always had certain physical advantages over the female human such as increased muscle mass, larger bones, and superb aggressiveness in times where deemed necessary. But is recovery rate (or, how long it takes for the heart rate to return to its resting rate) an advantage possessed by males also? The question posed in this experiment is whether or not the heart rate of the male will recover faster than that of a female. The hypothesis tested was that the male's heart rate would fall considerably faster than the female's after one minute of intense physical activity.
To begin with, the methodological framework utilized by the author is in the form of a questionnaire. A questionnaire is basically a test to see how one thinks of himself or herself and is not necessarily accurate. For example, an individual may think he or she is apprehensive to communication, but when actually confronted with the situation may perform rather well and without any fear or anxiety. Perhaps a better methodological approach in gathering data is to setup an actual communication setting and have the participants perform the communication task. The data should be based on the performance as well as feedback from the participant to see if the communication was accurate.
Pearson, Naughton, and Torode. "Predictability of physiological testing and the role of maturation in talent identification for adolescent team sports." Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 9 (2006): 227-287. Print.