Browse 85 real Behavioural and Social Sciences projects entered in 2016, with abstracts, awards and links to the original entries.
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals My objective was to determine if online learning or traditional learning was more effective. Methods/Materials A videogame made with RPG Maker, a powerpoint software, a clas…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to gain better insight on how the changes in cultural settings directly influence changes in social values. Methods/Materials In this pro…
ISEF · 2016
Behavioral and Social Sciences
The bottom part of the nutrient medium-filled test tube where Drosophila melanogaster larvae are kept doesn’t become moldy, while its upper part where adult flies are dwelling becomes moldy.…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals When you apply for a job, you probably had to turn a paper or email resume. But when I grow up and apply for a job, employers will probably google me or look me up on social…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose behind this experiment was twofold. The first objective was to determine whether reading print inverted text was a universal trait. Secondly, if so, is this trai…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Second Award
Objectives/Goals Vocabulary is essential part of education and facilitates effective communication. Many learn vocabulary by memorizing definitions without understanding and never use them.…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Second Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this research project was to develop an intuitive self-help software application for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that features novel virtual tre…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if being socially and culturally exposed to a certain race will allow a student to more easily identify an ethnicity within that…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is based on auditory memory and visual memory, questioning which is superior over the other. My goal is to test a group of ten 7th graders on the…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment was to see whether or not people could improve their hearing ability by turning off their vision and if so, to see if the improvement had a…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals My project is testing how good humans are at spotting a liar and the theory of whether you can spot a liar more efficiently by analyzing peoples body language and looking fo…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to identify whether synesthesia is rare or more prevalent than we think? I believe synesthesia is rare. My research states that one out of e…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals As the United States is falling behind in STEM education and struggling with the achievement gap, there have been many practical obstacles concerning teachers and existing m…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective is to determine if color affects memory. More specifically, will highlighting help retain information. Methods/Materials Tested effectiveness of color on memor…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Dollar bills stamped with the "wheresgeorge.com" website were spent in Yolo or Sacramento County. Bills were tracked over time from their starting points by monitoring locat…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this study is to determine whether every case of cyberbullying, no matter the size, affects the symptoms of depression. Methods/Materials I developed a questio…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals Our project tested the effect of using audible and visual priming on a person's perception of food. Methods/Materials We used two visually different types of cookies, a posi…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals This experiment was orchestrated to answer the following question: How does a person's intuition affect their ability to thin-slice? Thin-slicing is defined as the ability t…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to change viewers' perceptions of events in a video scene by changing the soundtrack from atonal to melodic tones. Methods/Materials This…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project was to determine whether different genres of music affected cognitive performance. Methods/Materials Materials Quantity Description electronic devi…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project, is to find out whether or not college helps basketball players perform better in the NBA. Methods/Materials Computer. Tested 140 NBA players.…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The object of this project was to test the effect of positive (cheering) and negative (booing) affirmations on a person's skill in sports. Methods/Materials The participant…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals This experiment aims to determine whether giving children the opportunity to recycle will increase their waste output. This was tested by measuring paper towel usage at a mi…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine if people's passwords get more complex with age. Methods/Materials Gathered 3 passwords from each of the 127 different people thr…
CSEF · 2016
Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I am a gymnast, and I I wondered if as an adolescent gymnast, I might have an easier time learning a new skill due to reaction time when compared to a preadolescent gymnast.…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals In our project we wanted to figure out what would be the best emotional setting for a student to take a test. Many students know they have to memorize information and stay u…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences
Objectives/Goals The goal of this project was to determine if online or printed textbooks lead to significantly different levels of concentration and comprehension. Methods/Materials To test…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The study is studied the effects of sleep quality on recalling words in an entirely novel language. The impact of demographic details such as gender, race, and age and recal…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences First Award
Objectives/Goals The goal of this experiment was to determine if electronic media or paper produced better reading comprehension for current-day eighth graders. Methods/Materials Students we…
CSEF · 2016
Behavioral & Social Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective to my science fair project is to find if preverbal infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and adolescents show sympathetic responses for the #Bullying Victims#. Meth…