CSEF · 2002
Remember This!
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective for doing this project was to prove there is no difference in the short-term memory between the males and females. My goal for this project was to find statisti…
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CSEF · 2002
Sensory Reaction Time Differentials
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine which of the three senses-- sight, hearing, or touch--produces the quickest reactions in humans. My hypothesis was that the sense o…
CSEF · 2002
Spatial Skills: Can They Improve with Practice?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project was to discover if students could improve their spatial skills with training. The experiment also tried to determine if age would affect the am…
CSEF · 2002
Spatial-Temporal Reasoning in Mus musculus domesticus Exposed to Mozart
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The term "Mozart Effect" was coined after a study was published indicating that exposure to the music of Mozart had a causal effect on improved brain function. This resulted…
CSEF · 2002
Stress, Stress . . . Got the Solution!
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals To compare the degree of relaxation through Yoga, Music, and a Nap. Hypothesis-Yoga would work the best because it relaxes your mind and your body. Methods/Materials Informe…
CSEF · 2002
Talking on a Cell Phone while Driving: Is It Dangerous?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to determine if talking on either a hand-held or hands-free cell phone while driving interferes with steering, scanning and concentration skills necessary…
CSEF · 2002
The Bitter Truth about PTC and Broccoli
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to find out if people who can taste PTC strongly would be more likely to dislike broccoli than those who cannot taste it at all. Methods/Materials First 122…
CSEF · 2002
The Effect of Eye Color on the Ability to Distinguish Between Colors in Low Light
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine whether or not there is a difference in the ability of people with different eye colors to distinguish between the primary colors at different…
CSEF · 2002
The Effect of Kindergarten Entrance Age among High School Students
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This study will correlate academic achievement against entrance age, among high school students. Methods/Materials A survey entailing a total of 31 questions, requesting ans…
CSEF · 2002
The Effects of a Student Generated Lesson Summary on Retention
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals At the end of a lesson, a teacher will sometimes have students summarize the information presented by stating, "Tell me something you learned". The purpose of this experimen…
CSEF · 2002
The Effects of Heavy Exercise on Fine Motor Skills
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to learn what effects heavy exercise had on fine motor skills. Methods/Materials Materials included a stopwatch, a questionnaire, 3 millimeter-wide beads, 3…
CSEF · 2002
The Eyes Have It, Phase II: Visual Perception in Children with and without Dyslexia
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to determine whether or not children with dyslexia are able to read with more accuracy letters, numbers, and phrases when the positive and…
CSEF · 2002
The Power of Suggestion
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective was to learn if an authoritative false statement influences a memory of images on adolescent females. Methods/Materials Individual females were shown a poster…
CSEF · 2002
The Power of Suggestion! Subconcious Response to Physical Suggestion
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project is to determine if children will subconsciously react to physical suggestion more often than adults. Based on my research of brain development, I…
CSEF · 2002
The Stroop Effect with Numbers
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if people have difficulties saying a number for example 4, when that number has something around it. For example if there's a number 4 and it has lit…
CSEF · 2002
To See or Not to See
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I wanted to determine the range of response of differing human ages to the Stroop Effect. This would measure the discrete ability of people to focus on differnt things simul…
CSEF · 2002
Voice Stress Analysis Under Low-Stress Conditions Using an FFT Analyzer
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to test whether lies, made under low-stress conditions, can be detected using a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analyzer to analyze the dominant…
CSEF · 2002
What Are the Effects of Different Colors on Short-Term Memory in Humans?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the experiment was to observe the effects of different colors on short-term memory. I hoped to prove that colors have a greater impact on short-term memory. M…
CSEF · 2002
What Factors Keep Women in Marin County from Having an Annual Mammogram and/or a Monthly Self Breast Examination?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The rates of breast cancer in Marin County are amongst the highest in the nation. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors, if any, keep women in Marin County…
CSEF · 2002
What's Driving Your Reaction?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Reaction time is an imporatnat safety factor for drives. This project explores a way to improve how cars work to decrease driver reaction time. The experiment tests whether…
CSEF · 2002
What Type of Directions Do Students Comprehend Best?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether fourth grade students comprehend directions better with visual, aural, or typed directions. My hypothesis was that the students given the…
CSEF · 2002
Which Hand Is More Sensitive?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine whether the sensitivity of a hand has any relation to whether it is the dominant hand. Methods/Materials Informed consent was obtained from 44 ra…
CSEF · 2002
Who Can Follow the Yellow Road?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My hypothesis is that people will trace the star better and faster with their dominant hand and that left handers will trace the star better than right handers overall. Meth…
CSEF · 2002
Whole, Left, and Right Brain Dominance
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Do students that receive high grades (A's) in math or science in school test more "Whole" (can use both sides of the brain fairly equally), "Left" (uses predominately the le…
CSEF · 2002
Who Takes Better Care of Their Teeth?
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Taking good care of your teeth requires brushing, flossing and having a healthy diet. The objective of this project is to determine who takes better care of their teeth. It…
CSEF · 2002
Will Color Contact Lenses Block Peripheral Vision?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective is to determine if the series of color surrounding the pupil on the color contact lenses will block the user's peripheral vision. Methods/Materials 1 color cont…
CSEF · 2002
Will Using Additional Stimuli to Reinforce Ten Words Enhance Short-Term Memory Recall?
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to prove that using additional stimuli for reinforcement of word recall enhanced short-term memory. In my control group (test #1) I showed ten words to subj…
CSEF · 2002
You Are Getting Sleepy...
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our objective was to determine what causes high school students to be deprived of sleep (out of the five main contributors that we are focusing on: depression/anxiety, stres…