Branson Reeve's Experiments

In fact, all of the greatest discoveries have hinged on childish curiosity: from Newton’s apple or to America’s way of governing. By Newton expressing novel interest in the most common occurrence known, things falling, he helped find one of the fundamental truths of the universe. By America’s founding fathers questioning why they are taxed so much they ushered in a new era of democracy, creating one of the most advanced civilizations. Apparent in each example is the effect of childish curiosity: how it allowed progress through innovation and how it expressed freedom through untapped theories. Despite different content, curiosity affects all, which in turn improves every facet of

As a child, I always clung on to the rules without question. Do what is expected of you, without giving any reproach, and never wonder far from adults. However, this obedience morphed into a stagnant state of daily going through motions that were asked of me. As the Superman of this story, my father caught this characteristic and had the heart to do what was necessary in order to reverse it. Now memories, the track to open curiosity was, in the true meaning of the word, awesome. With abundant mini road trips, we explored insect made habitats in the Shenandoah Mountains, beached jellyfish, and these time capsules called Smithsonian Museums. Needless to say, my fascination with the world bloomed. Now, a senior in high school preparing to enter

Branch Rickey recalls a memory of a black athlete named Charlie who was refused the same accommodations as his teammates. What was the significance of this memory to branch Rickey? (page 289)

Levittown project was taken up in the U.S. after the end of Second World War, with the aim of providing mass housing facilities to people in the wake of increasing urbanization and problems of accommodating large population in limited urban area (Friedman. 1995). The first of Levittown apartments were constructed on Long Island, New York and they symbolized the modern trends of urbanization and housing developments (Clapson. 2003). This paper shall study the impact of Levittown project on trends of further urbanization and analyze the aesthetics of design and development involved in it.

How does this relate to the boy whirling a yo-yo given at the start of this Exploration sheet?

“We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both those facts, is that the universe is in us” (Tyson). These words are spoken by one of the most influential and one of the smartest people of our time. He is astrophysicist, a teacher, and an author. A person teaching the world the beauty of our universe and many other things. I am talking about Neil deGrasse Tyson.

To test Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development, we took Nolan down to the basement where his sister has a small balance beam. When asked to walk along the balance beam completely unassisted, Nolan wobbled and stepped off a couple times. Following this, we held Nolan’s hands and helped him to keep his balance walking along the balance beam. Through this test, we were able to demonstrate an activity in which Nolan is in the zone of proximal development.

Jeremy Rifkin provides many scientific experiments done on animals to support his claims of animals being similar to humans. I do not agree, animals may have characteristics and abilities to enhance some skills but they do not compare to the cognitive mentality of humans. Animals react based on instincts and energy. Although Rifkin uses the gorilla named Koko, Koko was an exception, she was involved in a controlled experiment. Humans react on cognitive thinking, if they were to react based on feelings or instincts one would be in a huge pickle.

Nikola Tesla, an engineer and inventor, led the electrical industry to the cutting edge of technology. Tesla's most important invention, alternating current (AC) electricity, remains the global standard of electricity today. He also made major contributions for the X-ray, wireless radio, and devices ranging from microwave ovens to MX missiles.

We all have our own perception of psychiatric hospitals. Some people may see them as a terrifying experience, and others may see them as a way to help people who cannot keep their disorders under control. David Rosenhan's perception led him to a variety of questions. How could psychiatric hospitals know if a patient was insane or not? What is like to be a patient there? According to Rosenhans study, psychiatric hospitals have no way of truly knowing what patients are insane or not; they quickly jump to labeling and depersonalizing their patients instead of spending time with them to observe their personality.

A Yale University psychologist named Stanley Milgram started a research experiment that investigated the conflict between obedience to authority and personal conscience (McLeod, 2007). This study was conducted in response to the Nuremburg Trials in Germany, as German officials had claimed they were just following orders that were given to them by their superiors. Milgram formulated the experiment so that it could answer the question: “Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplices?" (Milgram, 1974). However, the objectives of this experiment were not achieved. The objectives were not achieved because the act of shocking a person cannot be compared to the genocide the Germans committed during WWII. Also, Milgram wanted to study whether the Germans were more obedient to authority figures, but he

In fact, curiosity and desire for explorations are necessary for situational interest to develop into a long-term interest (Woolfolk et al., 2017, p. 420). It introduces the importance of answering “curiosity questions”, a part of Renninger's four-phase model of interest. Curiosity questions can be any questions that help us organize our knowledge about a topic. It also introduces George Lowenstein’s theory that explains how curiosity arises when attention is focused on a gap in knowledge. This is similar to Piaget’s disequilibrium theory, where learners achieve knowledge (or equilibrium) through confusion and frustration from a gap in knowledge.

Milgram’s Yale University study consists of an experimenter giving directions to participants to administer shocks to a test subject doing a memory task. Milgram’s purpose of this study was to observe whether participants’ would be inclined to go along with the experimenter’s instructions and if all of those who were instructed to give these shocks would follow through with commands. The findings showed that 65% of participants were inclined to give such shocks because they may have feel obliged to follow these orders by the influence of the power of authority (even if it may cause harm to the test subject and caused the participant discomfort). Milgram states the relevance of the environment (situation) of the experiment and group dynamics (group peer

It is one of the oldest unanswered questions in all of science. Though slightly more grounded in empirical science than the likes of "Where did we come from?" or "Why are we here?" the impossible Nature/Nurture dichotomy has tormented truth-bound scientists for years. Recent advances in genetics have brought forward new possibilities for those who would study the pure effects of environmental variables on animals, but we are far from allowing ourselves to manipulate other human beings in such ways for the sake of collecting data. This strong moral stance does not diminish our curiosity and so the question must be asked: What would we do if a case in which the human had already been

To begin with, this is a qualitative research paper that is based on observing two small micro-level groups. Microsociology is the study of small groups, often through experimental means. My natural setting took place at Swedish American Health System in the 8th floor (Mother/Baby unit). My observation was approximately one hour and ten minutes in length and occurred around noon. I did not mention anything about my data collection in hopes of eliminating the Hawthorne Effect. The Hawthorne Effect is the unintended influence that observers of experiments can have on their subjects. Which is when the people being observed change their attitude to mess up the data that is being collected.