Hypothesis

Studying a problem can be accomplished in two ways – experimental research and observational research, and there are advantages and disadvantages to each. In regards to the speculation concerning what creates a genius (inherent genetic advantages or intense practice at a young age), this paper will discuss the validity behind the nurturing explanation and the creation of an experiment to help prove it. First, there are various pros and cons to the types of research that can be applied.…

English 4 unit 2 persuasive essay: In life we all play games, striving for mastery of these games and in life in general. There are many components that go into gameplay and how its structured, but what’s to be discussed is, not how its structured, but how its played. So far, I’ve identified 3 levels of Game: principle based game, method based game, and routines/combinatorial game. The highest level being principle based, and decreasing by one level until combinatorial game. More generally…

This has led to several coincidental theories on the matter, in particular, sociogenic hypothesis, downward drift, social-selection theory, and even social labelling. The sociogenic hypothesis postulates that those of lower economic status are typically exposed to frequent and persistent unavoidable environmental stressors. These include poverty, crime, and poor education. The downward…

1. What were the theoretical propositions of this experiment? In what aspect(s) of human behavior were they interested? What question(s) were they seeking to answer? The researchers were interested in human’s visual ability and depth perception and those behaviors are innate or learned. Through this experiment, they were seeking to answer these questions: Are we born with or develop the skill to comprehend that some objects are more distant than others and interpret the world around us? When…

the hypotheses. I chose to let it go. I did not want Hardik to promise material he may not be able to deliver. He would have to wait before he can say he is close to something big and he knows that he cannot ethically change the data to fit the hypothesis. Next, Hardik had to choose between returning for an 8-hour time point or having dinner with his wife. I chose to return to to conduct the 8 hour timepoit. If Hardik wants to generate promising data, he has to conduct the experiments at he…

during women suffrage, slavery, and the discrimination of the Jewish religion from Nazi’s. The factors that play into prejudice include: scapegoat hypothesis, just-world hypothesis, conformity, and individual differences in prejudice. Many factors play into prejudice and discrimination. One of these factors is the scapegoat hypothesis. The Scapegoat hypothesis is described as blaming other groups for our…

which works better (John Carmack). The question, does the brand of insulation affect how cold the temperature is in a model house, is yet to be determined. The brand of insulations are, Green Fiber, Owens Corning, InsulFoam, and Johns Manville. The hypothesis is, If a model house is insulated with Green Fiber insulation, then it will keep the model at cooler temperatures than Owens Corning, InsulFoam, and Johns Manville insulation. The problem will solve what insulation to use in your house, or…

yielded the Dopamine Hypothesis and Glutamate Hypothesis of Schizophrenia (Howes et al., 2015). Both of the aforementioned hypotheses attempt to trace Schizophrenic symptoms to a fluctuation in neurotransmitter activity in the brain. The updated version of the Dopamine Hypothesis states that schizophrenic symptoms are due to low levels of dopamine in frontal brain regions, and high levels of dopamine in the striatal regions (Lau et al., 2013). Furthermore, the updated Glutamate Hypothesis…

times 20 seconds and 80 seconds are above the trend line and 40 secs and 60 secs are below the trend line. This therefore makes it a weak correlation, as there is no significant trend that can be seen that shows it is a positive trend line. Our hypothesis of our experiment was that the longer hair is exposed to heat the tensile strength of the hair would decrease. However, after conducting the experiment, results show otherwise. There has been one study that shows heat does increase the…

is common in the Earth’s core, this supports the volcanism hypothesis. Iridium could have been brought to the surface by these explosive events, forming the high levels we now see in the sediment layer. In addition, there is evidence of lava flow, covering 200,000 square miles at depths of more than 6,500 feet in the Deccan region of India (“What killed the dinosaurs?” n.d. para. 4). Fractured crystals also seem to support this hypothesis. These crystals show patterns of fracturing which are…