March 9, 2016: Today we learned about APA citations, and how we build our research project for our experiment. We will discuss other psychology experiments and then explain our own experiment. After that, we started our research on perception and our experiment. We determined what we know about the topic, what we want to know about the topic, and what about our topic interests us.
March 10, 2016: Today, we created our thesis/ hypothesis for our experiment. We also started working on some research on our topic
March 11, 2016: Today we worked more on our research on perception.
March 14, 2016: Today we completed our research as well as deciding what our variables will be. We will not have a control group technically, since every participant will be completing the same tasks. Our research led us to determining the basis of our experiment, perception. The following video is similar to what our experiment will be like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl8QRbCcAxE
March 16, 2016: Today we worked on our research paper by combining different elements of our student handouts into SH 18. We also decided to name the experiment "Brain Flip" due to the change in perception that will occur during the experiment.
March 17, 2016: Today we learned about statistics and how to create a Google form in order to effectively collect and organize data. We also completed SH 18, which was the rough draft of our research paper. Lea also brought in our poster for the fair, so we will start working on that soon!
March 18, 2016: Today we started working on our posters for the Psychology Fair. We will include our hypothesis and relevant research in it.
March 21, 2016: Today we continued working on our poster. We added glitter and color to spruce it up, and tomorrow we will finalize our poster as well as possibly creating a Google form for the experiment.
March 22, 2016: Today we finalized our poster, and we secured the needed objects for Psych Fair. We will need to borrow a stopwatch from the PE department. The mazes are printed, and we already had the mirror and the box. Only two days left until the Psych Fair!
March 23, 2016: Today we discussed our final strategy for Psych Fair. We will take turns timing and putting information into the chromebook. Also, Mr Vuillaume talked to us about the details for parent night and tomorrow. We are so excited for tomorrow!
March 24, 2016: Today is Psych Fair! In first hour alone, we tested almost 90 people. Our hypothesis seems to be correct, as it takes much more time to complete the maze with the mirror than without. Also, some participants get frustrated with themselves as they try to complete the mirror maze. We are havinf a great time!
Could you expand upon your experiment a little more. Perhaps links to pictures or video's that show your experiment?
ReplyDeleteI am interested to learn the outcome of your experiment! I look forward to learning how large of a time difference there is between students completing the maze normally and then a second time while looking in a mirror. Once all of your data is collected, I am interested to know if there is a time difference in the speed of males vs. females completing the maze.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a good experiment of perception. I'm interested to see how much of a difference completing the mirrored maze will take as opposed to completing the maze normally.
ReplyDeleteI am excited to see your experiment and watching the students complete the maze
ReplyDeleteI'm curious if people will have certain strategies to complete the maze with the mirror
ReplyDeleteI wonder what your hypothesis for this experiment is. I think it will take longer for kids to go through the maze with a mirror. I'm interested to see your results!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Can't wait to see how people react. Good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a good idea to see how the brain works. I'm interested to see the difference in the time it takes students to complete the maze.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good experiment. Never thought of the idea of using a mirror with a maze but it sounds like it will produce interesting results.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good experiment. Never thought of the idea of using a mirror for a maze but it should produce interesting results.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how difficult it is for people to complete the maze when using a mirror compared to solving it without a mirror
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I have heard that mirrors provide people with a different perception of their image.
ReplyDeleteI know how tricky perception is. I know that perception can cause a lot of trouble as well.
ReplyDeleteim interested in seeing if completing the maze once will affect the second time knowing the route through the maze will be the same
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support everyone! We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to see the experiment and the differences in times between the two trials. The experiment seems like a lot of fun
ReplyDeleteI'm very intrigued to see whether or not someone can finish the maze faster using the mirror. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very interesting and fun experiment. I'm interested to see how big of a difference in times it takes for people to get through the maze. I'm sure yours is going to be a popular booth tomorrow.
ReplyDeletei think it will be harder to complete the maze with the mirror
ReplyDeleteLove the picture ladies! Can't wait to see if the mirror effects my ability to complete the maze, good luck with your experiment!
ReplyDeleteThis seems really interesting. This will really test perception. Can't wait to try it out and see how my times differ. Hopefully your experiment goes well and you receive the desired results.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how long it takes for people to adjust to the mirror in order to finish the maze. I wonder if there will be a drastic difference in times.
ReplyDeleteThis maze experiment seems like it will be much more interesting than in the past when people, armed with a glow stick, were timed to simply complete a maze in the dark.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting to see how people will respond with a different kind of perception. I'm very interested in the results for this.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very insightful analysis! awesome job ladies!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good idea because the mirror is going to add a lot of difficulty to the maze.
ReplyDeleteI tried out this experiment at the Psych Fair and it was so challenging once you did it looking in the mirror. Truly your brain does flip. The experiment was cool. And there was no way you can do it faster than the original way without looking in the mirror. Thanks for a fun time!
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