Potato Experiment Essay

There is a disparity and unequal treatment of blacks compared to whites in American medicine. During the slavery times African Americans had several diseases that were said to be for blacks, such as Struma Africana and drapetomania (152). For example, Struma Africana was a type of tuberculosis that was just for blacks. These diseases were made because the cures for whites were not meant for blacks since they were believed to harm and kill them. The reason why blacks developed more diseases than…

Procedure We downloaded a game called “Flappy Bird” onto our cellular devices in order to perform the experiment. Our professor randomly selected 4 participants at a time to participate in our experiment. Each group of 4 participants performed the experiment in a group setting that ran approximately 5 minutes for each group, a total of 20 minutes all together. There were a total of 4 groups in our experiment; 2 groups were the experimental groups and the other 2 were the control groups. We…

Our senses are a part of us, however we are not always consciously aware of all of our senses at every moment. Moreover, our senses, can guide our behaviors and actions, even those senses we are consciously aware of. For example, a person who received a positive comment, earlier might be compelled to donate to an organization few hours later. That individual might have done this action because his/her mood was affected by the compliment, but that individual might not exactly be aware of that.…

All the experiments done on animals are in no way beneficial to humans. Whether these animals have a good or bad reaction to the substances all the products will still go out on the market, placed on store shelves for people to purchase them. The cosmetics industry does the same type of experiment on animals. According to a New York Times article, L’Oréal, Covergirl, and Procter and Gamble, to name a…

) or as the "awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation." ("Knowledge." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster. Web. 28 Feb. 2015.). Through these definitions, knowledge can be obtained through passive observation and active experiment. Therefore, the knowledge question of this essay is to what extent are passive observation and active experimentation a vital factor in producing knowledge in mathematics,…

research, which caused speculations that these fields are currently in a crisis. Recently, an initiative called “Reproducibility Project” was conducted at the University of Virginia that reran 100 psychology experiments from three reputed psychology journals and stated that over 60% of the experiments failed to replicate (Barrett, 2014). Three famous studies that were cited numerous times and which form basis for many research studies, that failed to replicate in this project were Free will and…

they live in that might or might not led them learn more. Another implication for the study is that when the study was conducted the subject where already half way through learning and maybe the results were not affected or were affected by the experiment. Another implication for the study is that they only limited themselves to a small (one are or school district) that its results might not apply to all. My reactions to the study are sort of on the personal point of view because I do think that…

testing hypotheses, cause and effect relationships, and manipulating conditions in the form of an experiment. In the experimental research design, the experiment consists of two variables, the independent variable and the dependent variable. The independent variable is the variable predicted to have an effect on the other variable. The dependent variable is the variable predicted to be affected. In an experiment the researcher manipulates the independent variable in order to see if there are…

While reading about hormones and criminality, we have learned that testosterone and PMS has led to a lot of aggression. After, reading this section in our text, and I will form my own opinion as to the merit of these two biological issues. Regardless of my opinion, I want you to know I do not support a mandatory blood test on all those arrested for aggravated crimes, to begin a study into this anomaly. Also, I do feel a mandatory test would be a violation of their individual rights(Schmalleger,…

Intro: Does color affect memorization? Many advertisements you may see on tv use bright colors instead of dark ones but why? Well for this project I will conduct an experiment figuring out whether color can affect one’s memory. And I predict that color does affect one’s memory because if “warmer” colors stand out compared to “cooler” colors then it would be easier for the human brain to remember. And based on research one way that color can affect memorization is that if a word is printed in…