Does Time Actually Fly When You're Having Fun?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The objective of my experiment was to determine which two minute task, sitting in silence, listening to music, and playing 'Temple Run', 6th graders thought went by the quickest. Methods/Materials I took individual 6th graders out into the hallway of my school, I had them sit silently for two minutes and recorded how much time they thought had passed. Then I played random music from my phone for two minutes and recorded how much time they thought passed. Lastly, I allowed them to play the game 'Temple Run' on my phone for two minutes and recorded how much time they thought passed. Results The average time guessed for silence was 3 minutes 1 second. The average time guessed for music was 3 minutes 16 seconds. The average time guessed for Temple Run was 2 minutes 42 seconds. Conclusions/Discussion In conclusion, the students thought the time spent listening to music went by the slowest, which disproves my original hypothesis. Although, the students did think the time spent playing 'Temple Run' went by the quickest, supporting my hypothesis. If I were to do this experiment again, I would increase the time of each individual task and change the environment to make it less distracting.

Competition history

• CSEF 2015 Cognitive Science (Junior Division Only) · Entry J0723

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