Hypothesis

sitting down, or that there is a table in front of them. However, in the face of Descartes’ deceiver hypothesis (Descartes/Cottingham, p. 17), all perception is called into doubt. How does one know (or at least have a reasonable belief) that the physical world exists, that a ‘malicious demon’ (Descartes/Cottingham, p. 19) is not fabricating our sense perceptions? In the eyes of Descartes’ hypothesis, one can never be certain that the material world exists outside of our perception. However, one…

The extended mind hypothesis argues that processes external to our physical brain can still constitute as part of our cognitive and mental practices, thereby breaking down the barriers which maintain that cognition is solely internal to our self. The main thrust of the extended mind hypothesis is that if the only distinction between two practices is that one is internal to the mind and the other is external, then they should be correlated as cognitively equivalent. This is because the…

the p-value “defines the smallest value of alpha for which the null hypothesis can be rejected” (p. 312). When we carry out a statistics test, we are testing the hypothesis that the groups are the same (the null hypothesis). If it is determined that there is a p value of 0.05 or lower, than the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternate hypothesis is accepted. Likewise, if the p value is higher than 0.05, the null hypothesis should be accepted and the two groups should be measured to be the…

Introduction In the music industry, there will always be a difference between artists; whether we realize it or not. One obvious difference is race. We as human beings have come so far in the battle against racism and have left that chapter behind us. However, small traces of racism still live today inside of most people (internalized racism). One example of how internalized racism lives on is through the music industry. For this investigation, I wanted to see the differences in success of an…

80 degrees Celsius, the catechol will be at its optimal absorbance. The alternate hypothesis tested for this following experiment was that there is a significant relationship between catechol and pH. In contrast, the null hypothesis states that there is no significant relationship between catechol and oxidase and pH. This hypothesis will be supported if the rate of catechol oxidase does not increase. The hypothesis was tested by observing the reaction time of catechol oxidase at four different…

the researchers proposed that memories are enhanced because of important defining events that happen to one self. This is based on the “I am” statements that do not just define who a person is but the most enhanced and vivid memories. However the hypothesis only focuses on the high lights of someone’s life, and lack…

Oiled Wisconsin Fast Plants Seeds on the Rate of Germination In this lab report, I will discuss the relationship between oil and the rate of germination of seeds. My Null hypothesis states that oil will not effect the rate of germination of Wisconsin Fast Plant seeds. The purpose of this experiment is to test the Null hypothesis. The symptoms caused by the contamination with oil are countless and generally not specific. The same substance can induce different effects in different species, and…

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 76, no. 1, Jan. 1999, pp. 151-158. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.1.151. 2. Hypothesis: Monozygotic female twin partners will end up receiving and earning a higher rating of attractiveness than the monozygotic male twin partners would do in the experiment that was conducted in this article. 3. Method: The hypothesis was tested through an experiment where they had photographs of 16 monozygotic male twin pairs and 18 monozygotic female…

EC371 Term paper Contrast the ‘Adaptive Markets Hypothesis’ with the ‘Efficient Markets Hypothesis’, being careful to assess their respective strengths and weaknesses. 1. Introduction In recent years the effectiveness of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) has been substantially questioned by the financial economists and a new theory related to the market behaviour, known as the Adaptive Market Hypothesis (AMH), was proposed. In order to critically assess and contrast these…

The most widely known model of the development of bronchiecta¬sis is Cole's ‘vicious cycle hypothesis’.15b According to this hypothesis an environmental insult, often against a background of genetic susceptibility, impairs mucociliary clearance, resulting in persistence of microorganisms in the bronchial tree and microbial colonization.The microbial infection causes chronic inflammation, resulting in tissue damage and impaired mucociliary motility. This then leads to more infection, with a…