Browse 90 real Behavioural and Social Sciences projects entered in 2003, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To find out if birth order affects one's G.P.A. Methods/Materials Experimental Method: 1. Plan experiment, design questionnaire, and receive approval. 2. Distribute and coll…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wonder how accurate the Post Office is in weighing mail. I will send out about 75 letters weighing from 1.5 ounces to 3 ounces with only one 37 cent stamp each. If the Pos…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Soil samples from the excavations at the Oasis of Mara were put through the flotation process to determine whether the northern side of the oasis, during occupation by the S…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Autism is a complex neurological disorder that has increased dramatically in incidence over the past 30 years. Genetics and environmental factors play a role in causing the…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am trying to discover which odors affect certain moods. Methods/Materials Materials 1.Cotton squares 2.Small containers 3.Medium containers 4.Rosemary 5.Juniper 6.Golden S…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my experiment is to determine if people judge political policies and ideas based on the merits and logic of the views expressed in the statement being made or if…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The "Battle of the Beverage" was conducted to see if product packaging influenced a consumer's purchase of colas. I was trying to prove the hypothesis that product packaging…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The project objective is to determine whether it is easier to recognize a familiar face by looking at a photo showing the top half of the face versus the bottom half. Method…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if twenty minutes of exposure to fifty degree temperatures would effect subject's ability to perform basic mental and physical tests. My hypothes…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Humans possess the important ability to communicate and perform mental activities by using elaborate language. Bilingual people have the option to perform those activities i…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine what effects does caffeine have on a person's typing speed and accuracy. I believe that the female subjects will increase in their words per minu…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The object of this project was to determine the level of adult understanding of basic science concepts. Methods/Materials I went online and searched for a 7th grade standard…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if people with autism have problems integrating sight and sound at the same time. This could help explain why their world is so overstimulating…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project investigated hand-eye coordination. Hand-eye coordination is the ability to guide with the eyes the movement of the hand. Hand-eye coordination requires all the…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My problem statement was: Does reaction time to a light stimulus depend on the color of the light? I tested to see if one specific color had a faster reaction time than anot…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to investigate if rock music affects the ability of adolescents to learn and perform mental tasks. If so, which form of learning is most affected by rock m…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment was to observe whether left-handed people prefer to look towards the right rather than the left. The test was designed to determine if there i…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I am trying to find out how the different variables (age, gender, Parkinson's disease) affect brain hemisphere communication (BHC). Methods/Materials I made a video of 20 wo…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals a. To determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Hispanic and African American women. b. To determine if a difference is prevalent in depressive symptoms between dia…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to see if humans react quicker to peripheral vision or straight vision by measuring reaction time. Methods/Materials A vision reaction te…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The aims of this study were to: (1) find if the Japanese American older adults (mainly Nisei # second generation) report better health status than the White older adults giv…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals A national study found that more than one-third of youths incarcerated at the average age of 15.5 read below the 4th grade level (Project READ, 1978). Statistics like these…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose was to determine if a first grader's developmental age will affect their percentages on their math and reading tests in their class. If a student has a low devel…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My grandpa had Alzheimer's disease and could remember things on from his childhood. His short-term memory was totally gone. The lady who lived across the hall of the nursing…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The main objective is to determine if there is a correlation between group cohesion and performance in high school classrooms. Methods/Materials A cohesion questionnaire was…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I tested if people remember color or black and white (B&W) pictures better and if there would be an effect of age. In order to do this I chose five people from three age gro…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see whether talking on a cell phone impairs driving ability, which has not been studied very much. So I created an experiment using a video game that simulates d…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to see if subjects could be educated through subliminal messages embedded in an enjoyable video. Methods/Materials I used a computer program, "Final Cut Pro…
CSEF · 2003
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if age and/or sex has an effect on aggressive behavior in chickens when a stress is introduced. Methods/Materials Fifty 2-month chicks of unkno…
CSEF · 2003
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals How do freiendhips change as the students get older? Students, as they get older, will develop more people skills. The students who were once outsiders might start to develo…