Experimental Research

In Learning to Be Depressed, Martin Seligman and Steve Maier explored learned helplessness. If a persons' efforts at controlling their life events failed repeatedly, would they stop trying to exert control altogether? This was the point of focus for their experiment. Seligman and Maier conducted their experiment on dogs, where they could study the causes and effects of learned helplessness. There were 3 groups of dogs: the escape group, the np-escape group, and the no-harness control group.

Box 3.2: Why do it this way? is especially relevant, as it considers an important advantage of the experimental method. Chapter 6: No experiments are discussed in this chapter, however, the essay question requires you to discuss the value of experiments. Consider if there are certain aspects of human behaviour and/or performance that cannot be meaningfully investigated using experiments. What are the alternative methods of studying behaviour? Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 6 are relevant in this respect.

Another reason why kids should not have assigned seats is constantly there are kids in the class that bully them or

This experiment made Elliott realize that, “people are not born prejudiced but learn the behavior. And if it can be learned, it can be unlearned,” stated Bland. The

They were able to control the curricula and everything about the entire learning experience along with conducting small scale complimentary experiments to better understand why the effects observed were happening. The hope was to determine which key skills children should acquire to prepare them for later success. The overarching theme in this experiment was that parents, teachers, and students from preschool to ninth grade were motivated to perform better when they were incentivized. Additionally, when students and teachers were provided with an incentive and threatened with the loss of the incentive, everyone preformed

Moreover, this social experiment took place outside of Convocation Hall in the middle of the field. It was around 1:00PM and a mass amount of students were leaving their classes. The tester saw this as the best opportunity to begin. The tester

At the school's pep rally, anybody who had a lackluster attitude and wouldn't get in the school spirit would get kicked out and be forced to sit the rest out.

None of them could sit straight for more than 10 seconds. It is amazing how a teacher can actually see the physical development of these students taking place. While some of the students were easily engaged in the lesson plan about 50% of the class could not focus or stop talking for more than a few minutes. It might have been the fact that it was Friday, or that I was there.

Outline and assess the use of experiments in social psychology drawing on the cognitive social perspective and phenomenological perspective.

There is evidence that people conform to the role that they are appointed to. Participants in both experiments had a tough time adjusting to the idea of what was happening but continued until the end. Once the studies

The independent variables were easily controlled and there weren’t many external factors which could interfere with it. Participants completed the experiment inside an empty classroom which also helped remove any possible interference from the experimental environment. Unfortunately, there can be some criticism towards the experiment that we have conducted. Firstly, all our participants were grade 9 IB students from one school. This results in sample bias due to the fact that it cannot be correlated to general population. Unfortunately, it would be very inconvenient and difficult to conduct an experiment with adults, students and different cultures for generalized results. Participants were all friends of the same class and sat beside each other during the experiment. This may lead to possibilities of chatting and looking over at other answers. This in turn would reflect upon the idea of conformity, having participants give us dishonest results. The original Loftus and Palmer experiment was quickly criticized by Yuille and Cutshall (1986), who stated that the experiment lacks ecological validity because it is performed in an artificial environment. Also, the experiment conducted involves a scenario that participants are not physically witnessing. If participants were to witness the experiment in reality or be somewhat

From doing a quick scan around the room, I noticed there were roughly twenty of us in attendance, quite unusual for a huge, auditorium-like classroom. Even stranger was the fact that exactly half of us were male and the other half female. I’m not saying this is the case, but there is a chance we were brought together by design.

In this paper, I will be examining the results of an experiment where I disconnect from the Internet for 24 hours. While disconnected, I will not be allowed any access to search engines, browsers, or applications that require Internet. The only possible source of telecommunication would be through text and call without Internet. The last time where I remember living a day without Internet for 24 hours was before I owned my first ever laptop, which was back in 2007. Ever since then, my Internet usage and reliance only increased exponentially. Since I am one of the followers of the modern social construct, I would be suffering from the constant anxiousness due to the fear of missing out and the ongoing withdrawal from my habitual none-stop

Maintaining a view of all pupils at any given time can be difficult for a class teacher, especially when deciding on seating arrangements for different tasks, as the seating plans must be appropriate to enhance learning but also allow for a good view of all the children to ensure good behaviour management. Wheldall and Lam (1987) suggest that children are better seated in rows than in groups as this allows for the teacher to have a good view of the entire class and the pupils have less opportunity to misbehave. However, this does not consider the nature of the task, as sitting in row discourages group talk and also limits the number of other children each child will have the opportunity to communicate with in any given lesson. This may

Negative reinforcement increases the probability of a response that removes an adverse condition. This would include the expectations that the student get an eighty percent on tests. A personal example of behaviorism in the class of the author of this paper is included as part of this essay. The author had a class teaching algebra to a junior high class. One particular year, the group of students in class were poorly behaved. They were disruptive, disrespectful and defiant of the rules of the class. The author called a meeting with the class and explained that there would be new rules which each would have to follow. Instead of telling the students what the rules were, the author let the student decide on what they would be. The students created the rules as well as the consequences which they felt were fair. Hence, the new rules were written on the board and voted on. The students reacted positively and participated whole-heartedly. Hence, taking part of the planning, there is a sense of ownership, accountability and motivation. Along with