I chose a Radiolab episode titled “Hello”. The show featured women who had a similar affinity for dolphins. The first guest‚ Margaret Lovett‚ stumbled upon an experiment about communicating with dolphins and wound up living in a flooded apartment with her new aquatic roommate. The second guest‚ Denise Herzing‚ founded the Wild Dolphin Project‚ that focused on developing a middle ground for human-dolphin communication. I chose this particular episode mostly because I like animals and everyone loves
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Conformity and Obedience Starting from a very young age‚ it is considered the norm to obey and to conform. The purpose of this essay is to evaluate a study for conformity and obedience. Conformity can be defined as a change in one self‚ when one gives in to group pressure‚ in order to fit in to society. Obedience on the other hand is when you are told what to do. The difference between the two are‚ when we conform it is usually down to peer pressure. Where as in obedience you are taking orders from
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Orzetti-Gollhofer Gaby Macias INTRODUCTION The Daphnia is a Crustacean other known as the water flea. It lives in small bodies of freshwater. The Daphnia is ectothermic‚ meaning it controls its body temperature through external means. With this experiment we experienced first hand what the effect temperature has on a Daphnia’s heart rate. We also experimented what effect epinephrine has on a Daphnia’s heart rate. HYPOTHESIS If we add hot water‚ then the Daphnia’s heart rate will increase. If we
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Z3331801 Adaptive Memory The aim of this particular study was to research adaptive memory and attempt how best to explain how this “adaptive memory” works. In this experiment 252 first year students were the participants. According to which tutorial group they were in‚ the participants were given a scenario‚ with the scenarios being: * Ancestral Hunter * Modern Hunter * Future Hunter Both the Ancestral and Future hunter scenarios contained 80 participants while 92 were placed in the
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were given roles in which they were to be the teacher in an experiment. An actor was used to play the student and subjects were told that each wrong answer would require them to give the student an electric shock. The 30 levels were marked from 15 volts to 450 volts which were labeled from Slight Shock to Danger: Severe Shock. Some internal resistance is made as they near 450 volts‚ and will often refuse to continue with the experiment. This occurred when there was a negative or fearful response
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Even if it means that they must violate their own values‚ they will do so in order to maintain their own life and for the survival of their families. Scientists have performed experiments to prove human behavior under these circumstances‚ such as the ones conducted by Stanley Milgram and Solomon Asch. Stanley Milgram’s experiment was created to show how well people react when obeying the orders of authority. The subjects who ask the questions were the teachers‚ and the test subjects who had to answer
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1974. In the essay he describes his experiments on obedience to authority. I feel as though this is a great psychology essay and will be used in psychology 101 classes for generations to come. The essay describes how people are willing to do almost anything that they are told no matter how immoral the action is or how much pain it may cause. This essay even though it was written in 1974 is still used today because of its historical importance. The experiment attempts to figure out why the Nazi’s
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cloth and wood. How To Make An Investigatory Project Sample Format: # Abstract After finishing the research and experimentation‚ you are required to write a (maximum) 250-word‚ one-page abstract. An abstract includes the a) purpose of the experiment‚ b) procedures used‚ c) data and d) conclusions. It also includes any possible research applications. The abstract should focus on work done since the last fair. # Research Paper A research paper should be prepared and available along with a
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The Milgram Experiment is a psychological test to see how many participants will follow higher authorities no matter what. In the video‚ they collected a bunch of participants to be a part of an experiment. They also brought in actors to be a part of the experiment. The experiment included a teacher and a learner. The teacher ends up being the participants and the learners ended up being the actors. The teacher is supposed to ask the learner a series of questions and if the learner gets it wrong
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Mayo Studies in Employee Motivation The Hawthorne Effect In essence‚ the Hawthorne Effect‚ as it applies to the workplace‚ can be summarized as "Employees are more productive because the employees know they are being studied." Elton Mayo’s experiments showed an increase in worker productivity was produced by the psychological stimulus of being singled out‚ involved‚ and made to feel important. Additionally‚ the act of measurement‚ itself‚ impacts the results of the measurement. Just as dipping
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