Driving Agressions

A case study is defined as a full, detailed picture of a participant or a small group of other participants. While a correlational study can suggest that both variables have a relationship that exists. An experiment is where the experimenter’s hypothesis is tested to see whether it works. Typically, the experimenter has an independent variable (the cause) where they can manipulate the variable and as well as the dependent variable (the effect).

The null hypothesis that there is no relationship between the type of music a person listens to and his crime rate (p < .05).

Sample: The sample group I am using for this study is all drivers in the United States and more in Florida. Also I am looking in to Drivers that choose to DUI.

This experiment could be a level five because of the magnitude of the experiment, the random assignment from the newly recruited officers, the quasi-random for the hotspot locations and having a control group within the study. Ratcliffe was able to provide statistics and factors from in-depth second hand research three months in advance, to understand that Philadelphia had a high violence rates. Ratcliffe also gathered information from other research studies, even referring to the Kansas gun control intervention. This experiment also had a large number of units which helped out the regression problems and the internal validity. Though there of course were problems no matter how controlled the experiment maybe. Correspondingly, the experiment had a control group/area. Ratcliffe numbered each location on a rating scale from one being the worse high violent crime area, to ten being a lower high violent crime area.

The scientific question of the project was, Does the size of a tire affect the bike’s speed? The hypothesis was , If the smaller tires were used, then the bike would go faster. The important procedures were: Make sure all equipment is ready. Test the standard wheel of 1 rotation or pedal a second to ride to the finish line. Test smaller and bigger wheels. Record data and have at least 3 trials. Record the data on a piece of paper and compare results to your hypothesis. The Independent variable is the size of the wheel on the bike. The Dependent variable is the standard wheel or tire on the bike. The control group was the bike’s speed and the standard wheel or tire. The Experimental group is the other tires or wheels being tested on the bike. The control variables were the rate of pedaling , the same bike model was used, and the same distance for

If I was doing this study, my hypothesis would be that “people, who receive an aversive stimulus every time they give an incorrect answer, will try harder to get the correct answer than those who do not receive anything”. My independent variables, which are the variables that researcher manipulates, would be the electric shocks and the emotional motivation; and my dependent variable, which is the variable that is tested and measured, would be the members’ results.

In the article regarding hate websites, the experimenter chose three hate websites that were most visited according

The experiment basically demonstrates how someone’s role or environment or can highly influence human behavior.

Consider the following situation: A car is driving past the local elementary school on a hot and sunny July afternoon. As the car approached the school the driver notices some unusual things. Students are outside with the teachers for recess, and it looks as if school is in session. The school is on a year-round schedule. The driver is intrigued and decides to do some research. From the research, this person found that students are achieving more academically and the teachers are well rested.

Procedure - Participants shown seven videos of car crashes ranging from 4 to 30 seconds long. The videos were excerpts from drivers ed courses so the researchers were aware of the speeds of the cars. The videos were shown to the participants in random order. After each video participants were given a questionnaire which asked them to give an account of the film they had seen. Then they were asked to answer some questions based on what they had seen. Most of the questions were 'filler

Loftus and Palmer conducted their research using two laboratory experiments. By using this method, the IV (the verb used) directly effects the DV (estimate of speed) which creates a cause and effect relationship. This means that internal validity is high as the IV has a casual effect. Loftus and Palmer have control over any extraneous variables such as noise and temperature. However, lab experiments lack ecological validity. The participants only watched a video of a car accident unlike experiencing or observing a real life car accident. The participants won’t have the same emotionally attachment. Another issue is that questionnaire is given to the

Nerenberg believes that road rage is a &#8220;mental disorder and social disease,&#8221; which involves evolution. He states that throughout history mankind has had a competitive spirit and tries to dominate others. Nerenberg defines road rage as &#8220; basically a maladaptive reaction to an identifiable psycho-social stressor that interferes with social functioning,&#8221; or, more simply put, &#8220;one driver expressing anger at another driver ... at least twice a year.&#8221; John Larson, a psychiatrist at Yale University, believes road rage is a &#8220;vigilante behavior&#8221; and that different levels of road rage exist. Furthermore, Larson believes that road rage is caused by association with sports, saying that a road rager is an individual who is &#8220;strongly imbued with the sports model, either from high school, college or professional sports; and from identification with sports heroes who become introjected models for behavior.&#8221; Make and model of a car is also a determining factor in road rage, according to Larson.

Why it is difficult for researchers to isolate specific causes of child behaviour - using two of your own examples. How is the term “correlation” a solution to this problem?

In Psychology 101 we learned that research methods are used in order to understand our mental and behavioral processes by making observations in a systematic way, following strict rules of evidence and thinking critically about that evidence. This scientific research is based on theories (tentative explanations of observations in science), hypotheses (predictions based on a theory) and replication (testing a hypothesis in more than one study). Some of the different research methods are firstly, descriptive studies. Descriptive studies are studies that use survey methods, naturalistic observation and clinical methods. Another research method is correlational studies. Correlational studies are studies that help one to determine if a relationship exists between two or more variables and if so it tells one how strongly those two variables relate to one another. With in correlational studies one can have positive correlation (as one variable increases or decreases so does the other), negative correlation (variables go in opposite directions) or zero correlation (no relationship between the variables). Another research method is formal experiments. Formal experiments are studies that allow us to draw conclusions about how one variable may cause or have an effect on another variable. With in formal experiments there are four elements, which are the independent variable (variable that is manipulated or controlled), the dependent variable (variable that is measured), the experimental

Thesis:Road rage is a major problem in the United States, it causes accidents, anger, fear, and danger to our roadways everyday.