Browse 72 real Behavioural and Social Sciences projects entered in 2006, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine whether middle school students can learn information better if they see it first rather than hearing it first. Methods/Materials Tested 104 eig…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals By using misleading or suggestive statements and questions in this experiment, I have been able to demonstrate effects on human memory when participants try to recall events…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Life changes and daily hassles lead to stress. This longitudinal study tests the hypotheses that stress in first year dental students will negatively affect performance and…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My goal is to how and what the volunteer view, which is like an optical illusion only dealing with gray shades. But i many change some of this information. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Aromatherapy has grown in popularity and the users do not have any scientific evidence that it works. Previous research has provided the information needed to conduct this e…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) takes an essential role in today#s society. But, ever since 2001 when the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, every school is expected to gro…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine if it is possible to influence a person to act outside of their "normal" behavior. I believe that it is possible to influence…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals I wanted to find how playing a musical instrument affects logic ability of middle school students. My hypothesis was that there would be a positive correlation between instr…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this this experiment is to find out which is a more effective method of crime solving, eyewitness accounts or handwriting analysis. Methods/Materials Material…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals Since the fifth grade, I have been fascinated by optical illusions. It is easy to look around and see things with our eyes, but what happens when we look at images or pictur…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to demonstrate that male children are more influenced from the violence in cartoons compared to female children. This project also proves th…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The problem is to determine if color has an affect on the human memory. Methods/Materials Two reading tests were given at the same reading level (5th grade level.) Subjects…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals In our experiment, Common Sense, we explore the concept of sensory input loss. Our problem: When deprived of a particular sensory input (hearing/vision) is the other sense r…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Nine samples were taken from three church services over an eleven week period to see if the worship service decibel levels were damaging to the human ear. Methods/Materials…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment is set out to test: 1. The non-interocular quality of non-contingent, short-lived rapid color aftereffects of second long stimulation, thus proving contingen…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out what percentage of the population could sing on pitch, and if it would be dependent on the age, gender, ethnicity, or musical back…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this Science Fair project is to determine whether the human mind classifies information based on pre-conceived notions, or archetypes. This is done by exami…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective to my project is to make it easier for students to study. The easier it is to remember what you're reading the better you'll do on a test. Methods/Materials The…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Our project was to find out if the placement on a ballot mattered in the voting results. Methods/Materials 120 subjects Ballot 1 Red,Yellow,Green,Blue-30 Ballot 2 Yellow,Gre…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if the potential of a reward affected a females, between the ages of six and fifteen, motivation to perform a task faster. I thoug…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this study was to find out how facial expressions, specifically the raising or lowering of eyebrows, affect an individual's ability to sing pitches accurately. T…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals 'Children at Play' signs and many other signs with the same intent have been becoming more and more common among residents in our community. Although the signs are being pos…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project is about sound and how people hear sounds. How we hear and interpret them varies from person to person. The primary focus of my project was to find out whether pe…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals What is the impact of gender familiar items to ones short-term memory? Is there any impact at all? My hypthosesis was that the sex of the person would determine which items…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if driving distractions, such as dialing on a cell phone or tuning a radio, have an effect on the reaction time of high school students. Furthe…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Toy replicas of real firearms and have become popular worldwide, resulting in eye injuries and blindness; yet little research has been conducted to examine factors contribut…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of my project was to see if there was a difference in the number of hidden 3-D pictures('Magic Eye" pictures) right and left handed persons were able to see. Method…
CSEF · 2006
Behavioral Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal is to determine the effect of visual and auditory distractions on short-term memory. Students will be asked to recall objects that were presented as words, pictures…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals To see if attending preschool had an effect on children. Methods/Materials Create and hand out surveys to K-5th grade students. Tally the surveys to see the results. Results…
CSEF · 2006
Social Sciences (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals Are females and males equally accurate in identifying emotions portrayed through facial expressions? Methods/Materials Materials and Subjects #Twenty-two male and twenty-two…