Browse 92 real Behavioural and Social Sciences projects entered in 2014, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if an increase in roles is the reason for an increase in self-esteem in the transition from teenage to adult. To analyze this, fir…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The United States is ranked 21st in science among the 34 OECD countries on PISA 2012. Researchers state that any reform of science education must take place "in the classroo…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to measure the effect of gender on optical illusion perception. The hypothesis was that if the subject's gender was female, she would be…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to discover if negative consequences or positive rewards are more effective as motivation and whether gender is a factor. Methods/Materials I tested partici…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals An experiment was carried out to determine if some multiplication facts are harder than others. For the purpose of this investigation, time to answer the fact and the accura…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To establish and explore the connection between the mental and moral stages taken from Piaget and Kohlberg's theories by analyzing the responses from the test. Methods/Mater…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals A leading problem in our society is the lack of physical activity in the lives of busy teenagers. Many students need motivation to escape from the pile of homework on their…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Ten male subjects and ten female subjects were both shown ten signs by the tester with a brief description of each. After fifteen minutes subjects were tested to see how man…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In the USA, there is huge demand for transplantable organs with over 110,000 people on the waiting list to receive an organ and, of these, 18 people die everyday. African-Am…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of my project was to determine at what grade level can children distinguish between candy and non-candy items. Methods/Materials To test my project, I tested 1…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The existing literature regarding social anxiety and self-esteem among those with tattoos is limited and conflicting. Some findings suggest that those considering getting a…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The reason we did this experiment is to figure out why people bully. Methods/Materials The materials we needed for this experiment is; paper, pencil and 60 middle-school stu…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The goal is to determine if people can actually estimate and identify numbers greater than 3. According to a study done in Nicaragua, people can determine numbers up to 3, b…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This experiment is aimed at discovering, #Does our expectation affect our hearing perception?# We also want to find out if children#s hearing perception is sharper and more…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals This project's purpose was to determine if the exposure of visual depth cues can improve or have an impact on children's drawings. Methods/Materials One-hundred sixteen stud…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals To examine differences in cognitive performance among control, SZ & BD patient groups, & their first-degree relatives, and determine the degree of genetic liability of BD &…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine if there were trends in how people associated certain colors with positive and/or negative words. Methods/Materials I designed the…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Do various test anxiety self-regulation methods affect math fact test scores? Methods/Materials Consent was obtained from fifteen elementary school individuals. Students com…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This project was inspired by the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, which tested children#s ability to delay gratification by not eating a marshmallow treat for a while, and e…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective was to see if a person's perceived value will be affected by store marketing tactics. Decide on the type of products. Products were chosen for the project and…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences Fourth Award
Objectives/Goals Type-2 Diabetes is a prevalent issue in today#s society. Recent estimates have placed 25.8 million people -- in the U.S. alone with this condition, and a further 70.9 millio…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals 1) To determine the pros and cons of using iPads in the classroom 2) To study the effects on students using iPads: considering behavior, retention, and test scores Methods/M…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My objective was to use the Dispositional Attitude Measure developed by two university professors to determine what percentage of the population has a positive dispositional…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My experiment will examine if photographs of people with facial measurements closer to the Golden Ratio will be considered "more beautiful" in the eyes of test participants…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project is to find out if color does affect learning and memory. It is important because it can change the way we learn. Based on my research, my hypothe…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my experiment is to see if video games have an effect on heart rate and the ability to focus. My hypothesis is that playing video games causes stress and decr…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this study is to determine if social media and its frequent occurrence in adolescence lives impact the adolescence themselves in their ability to verbally com…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The most important thing to a teenager is sleep. We want to get as much of it as possible. On school nights, we are frequently up past midnight with schoolwork, sports and e…
CSEF · 2014
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The purpose of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of perceptual modality based test preparation in comparison to that of Universal Design for Learning te…
CSEF · 2014
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine which was more distracting to drivers, talking on a cell phone held to one's ear, or talking on a hands-free cell phone device. My goal was to…