Thought experiment

Participants for this experiment were the students attending their psychology 101 class during normal class hours. The entire class consisted of thirteen males and eleven females all of which attend Western New England University and all had agreed to participate in the experiment. Materials The material used was simply two different answer sheets, one half of the participants got one, while the other half got the other answer sheet. One answer sheet had basic instructions of the experiment…

Using experiments to validate scientific findings has not always been the universal concept that it is today. During the Aristotelian era, experimentation was not considered necessary because many people believed Aristotle’s ideas were sound in logic and need not be proven any other way. However, beginning in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, experimentation became more important to philosophers such as Blaise Pascal, William Harvey, and Robert Hooke. These men had opinions of their own…

Cellular Respiration in Seeds Cellular respiration is a chemical process the generated energy. In this experiment, seeds were tested to collect data relating to the cellular respiration process. In order for these seeds to start the cellular respiration process they need moisture or they need to be germinated. The purpose of the experiment is to test the CO2 and O2 levels given off by germinated seeds going through cellular respiration. However certain abiotic features can impact the cellular…

count of rabbits killed in order to produce that tube of lipstick or the sounds of anguish from primates being tortured in order to further research in medicine. The darkness of animal testing is never thought about because it is hidden behind the appealing labels in the cosmetics aisle. The thoughts of animals being tortured is understandably quite…

happening around her in the real world at the time. One of the things being new scientific advancements and experiments that were going on at the time. These experiments really scared the people at the time, and caused them to be weary of science and the outcomes. Even though scientific advancements and experiments have come a long way since Shelley’s time, there are still some experiments that really scare the people and make them weary of science even today. However, science was a lot more…

title of the chapter, the first thing I thought about was superstitions and luck. As I read on, I discovered that the theory does actually touch upon the topic of luck. The Randomness theory discusses how humans have a habit of making something out of nothing (Goldacre, 2008). Goldacre provides a few example of this, including shapes in clouds and gamblers running out of their luck. To further prove his point, Goldacre refers to Thomas Gilovich’s experiment in which Gilovich showed basketball…

of Goldfish in Dark vs. Ambient Light Introduction Metabolism is an interesting field of study to better understand what is happening inside of the body of different organisms that keep them alive. Goldfish (Carassius auratus) were used for this experiment since these small animals metabolism can be easily influenced by different variables. This is due to the fact that goldfish are poikilothermic whose internal temperature is influenced by their surroundings. Oxygen consumption was used to…

opinion, the use of the experimental method and survey are the best research methods for this study. Through the use of a pre-test and post-test experiment with a treatment and a control group, one would be able to show the effect of exposure to diet product ads models on college male students. However, one should take into account that the result of this experiment is probably not generalizable to all college male students since each individual may have different levels of neuroticism and may…

The overlying questions asked in this experiment were: does the dissolution of metal ions (Ni and Co) from NMC particles into solution change over time as well as to how small particles (glucose) affect this dissolution. From the wet chemistry Figure 3b, it can be seen that the concentration of Co appears to begin and remain between 7 and 10 μM, meaning that the majority of dissolution takes place immediately when the solution is constructed, then increases at a slow rate onwards. This does not…

article “Goals: An Approach to Motivation and Achievement” they focus on two very contrasting reactions to failure. They go through and give you extreme detail on what their experiment entailed, interesting findings, and what they ended up concluding at the end of the study. Elliott and Dweck’s center of attention in this experiment was to test their hypothesis that different goals set up the observed helpless and mastery-oriented patterns. They suggest that individuals seek two major goals…