Experiment Method

Method:

1. Ask test subject the following questions, and perform the tests:

- What's your our favourite song?

- What's your favourite colour?

- If you could have one super human power, what would it be?

- 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.

Would you:

-Go straight

-Take the turn

- You were on a raft on a rough river, and your best friend fell off it, and into the water. 

Would you:

-Turn the boat around to save them, but risk the lives of you and all the other passangers

-Keep going to keep yourself, and the other passengers safe


The "Sheep Dash" test.

1. Get the person to sit down at their computer

2. Make sure their finger is about 3cm above the mouse button

3. Get them to complete the test

4. Record number of seconds it took them to react to the sheep

5. Work out each persons average time

- The Ruler Test.

-Hold the ruler about 3cm away from the persons hand.

-Place the ruler so that 0cm, is facing down, closest to their hand.

-Tell them to catch the ruler when they see it drop, with their pointer finger and thumb.

-Drop the ruler (without giving the person any warning)

-Record where on the ruler they caught it. (cm)

2. Time the amount time it takes them to respond from when you have asked them the questions.

3. Record each persons results into a table.