tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82990358692629666622024-02-08T11:52:36.653-08:00Gender Affects Reaction TimeImogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-63953454227597185672011-03-07T19:31:00.000-08:002011-03-13T20:58:57.244-07:00"Sheep Dash" Testing Method<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have come up with a method for my experiment.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Experimental Subjects:</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-20 people in total.</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(10 boys)</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">(10 girls)</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Equipment:</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Computer</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Chair</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Online site</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf </span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">("Sheep Dash" test)</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Variables:</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Each person was seated</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-They all used their pointer finger on their dominant hand</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-They all did the test on the same site</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-They all held their finger approximately 3cm above the mouse click button</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Method:</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Get the person to sit down at their computer</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Make sure their finger is about 3cm above the mouse button</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Get them to complete the test</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">4. Record number of seconds it took them to react to the sheep</span></span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">5. Repeat this for each person 3 times, to get an average</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">6. Work out each persons average time</span></span></div>Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-75126259603056984702011-03-04T19:08:00.000-08:002011-03-13T19:49:08.737-07:00Sheep Dash ExperimentI am changing my experiment slightly, as I said before, so I am only using the sheep test.<br />
I am still going to keep the main parts of my experiment the same, so I tested 10 boys, and 10 girls, but I am only going to use the results I got from the physical Sheep Dash test, and analyse them.Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-12202053404223156542011-03-02T19:04:00.000-08:002011-03-13T21:02:33.446-07:00Changing Experimental Method.I have encountered complications with my experiment, because I realised that I can't correctly test people based on mental reaction questions, because to do that, there are lots of other components and it is quite different than physical reaction time. This is because there are many factors that contribute to the answering of a question such as decisiveness, impulsivity and emotional responses.<br />
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</div><div>I am now only going to be testing the physical reaction time, because it is a much more accurate and clear experiment as it is only testing the visual response to physical reaction throught muscular contraction of the finger.</div><div><br />
</div><div>To do this, I am going to use the "Sheep Dash" test. This is is an online reaction time test where when you see a sheep start to run across the screen, you tap your index finger on the mouse. This stops the sheep where you pressed it, and records the amount time taken from when you see the sheep move, to when you reacted and tapped your finger. In each game, there is a total of 5 sheep that run across the screen. Each game calculates the average reaction time over the 5 sheep. I have decided to get the subjects to play three games, and then I will take an average of those scores. Which in fact, is an average of 15 separate reaction times.<br />
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This experiment is more refined and has less margin of error than the ruler test, because there are many more muscles involved in catching the ruler, and more variables in measururing and recording.</div>Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-17922753523843995692011-02-26T22:26:00.000-08:002011-03-13T19:50:35.888-07:00ExperimentingOver the past week, I have been experimenting on different people of different genders. I asked them all a series of questions each, and went through with the ruler test, then timed the seconds it took for each reaction. I also carried out another physical reation test, called "Sheep Dash". This is to also test reflexes and reaction time.Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-55445166122727805032011-02-21T22:31:00.000-08:002011-03-13T19:51:00.607-07:00I have come to a decision that I'm going to test 10 people from each gender, so I can get at least a mildly accurate result. Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-15772087660203955452011-02-20T23:06:00.000-08:002011-03-13T18:24:17.682-07:00ResearchI just did some more research, and I found that since we have all evolved from our ancestors, we still have some of their traits. For example, it states that men may have a quicker reaction time to some things, because of their hunting and gathering instincts from thousands of years ago, that became an evolutionary trait.<br />
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I also researched information about how humans receptors work, and how they register our senses like touch, sight, smell, taste and hearing. These characteristics can vary for each person. Typically, women are known to be smarter than men mentally, but men seem to be more physically strong and react to things faster physically. In a woman, the neurons move faster through their bodies than mens, but men are more capable of moving faster physically.<br />
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This information helps support my hypothesis, because it explains that men seem to be quicker than women physically.Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-52292639691713782882011-02-20T01:50:00.000-08:002011-03-13T19:52:35.946-07:00Experiment Method<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Ask test subject the following questions, and perform the tests:</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- What's your our favourite song?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- If you could have one super human power, what would it be?</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- You are the driver of a train, and the brakes aren't working. If you go straight, you will hit a dead end, and the train will crash. If you take the turn, there is a man lying stuck in the tracks.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you:</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Go straight</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Take the turn</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- You were on a raft on a rough river, and your best friend fell off it, and into the water. </span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would you:</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Turn the boat around to save them, but risk the lives of you and all the other passangers</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Keep going to keep yourself, and the other passengers safe</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Sheep Dash" test.</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Get the person to sit down at their computer</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Make sure their finger is about 3cm above the mouse button</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Get them to complete the test</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Record number of seconds it took them to react to the sheep</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Work out each persons average time</span></div></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The Ruler Test.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Hold the ruler about 3cm away from the persons hand.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Place the ruler so that 0cm, is facing down, closest to their hand.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Tell them to catch the ruler when they see it drop, with their pointer finger and thumb.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Drop the ruler (without giving the person any warning)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Record where on the ruler they caught it. (cm)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span> </div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Time the amount time it takes them to respond from when you have asked them the questions.</span></div><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Record each persons results into a table.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</ul><div>Scenarios:</div><ul><li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">If you were given 1 million dollars, would you give half to your family? Or keep it all to yourself?</div></li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">What's your favourite colour?</div></li>
<li><div align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">If you could have one super-natural power, what would it be?</div></li>
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I am also going to conduct case studies about different life experiences in relation to peoples impulsive reactions. Trying to support my hypothesis by seeing if there are higher percentages recorded of males making impulsive decisions over females.Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299035869262966662.post-80769631097773259262011-02-14T22:17:00.001-08:002011-02-14T23:02:54.460-08:00HypothesisI have decided that my hypothesis for my assignment is:<br />
"Males React Faster Than Females".Imogen O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807785513675800585noreply@blogger.com0