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Determine whether physical appearance and gender affects presidential voting
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Find out if more students like their teacher in younger grades than in older grades. R Find out if boys and girls go to the same places. R Determine whether a word's meaning interferes with the ability to state the word's color. R S Prejudice & Stereotype Science Fair Projects & Experiments Religion & Belief Science Fair Projects & Experiments |
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Testing How Fashion Impacts the Behavior of Others Around Us
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Judging a Book by Its Cover? R Find out if abuse of handicap parking privileges decreases if drivers are aware that they are being monitored. R Find out what form of positive reinforcement (praise or a reward) is most effective in influencing four-year-old children to complete a task. R Find out how well the honor system works for donations to a worthy cause. R Determine which is the most effective method to quit smoking. R Determine if pulse rate is a good indicator of fear or excitement. R Research the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and compare its results with other personality tests R How Does Online Gaming Affect Social Interactions? R R Can any female actually measure-up to the “Barbie” doll image? S The Placebo Effect of Food Labeling R R The Surprising Effects of Inattentional Blindness R R Is Peer Review Valid? R R The Effects of Personality Type on Hand Gestures R S Examine adolescent risk perception and measures taken to protect eyes. R Determine if kids, ages 7-12 years, are more likely to choose one candy (labeled 'Dime Candy') over another identical candy (labeled 'Penny Candy') based on how they are labeled. R Find out if the placement on a ballot mattered in the voting results. R Do Unofficial Street Signs Affect the Speed of Drivers? R Does the Potential of a Reward Affect a Student's Motivation for Success? R R Determine the average volume at which preadolescent and adolescent students listen to digital music using earbuds. R Determine whether yawning (oscitancy) is contagious in children. R R Determine if it is possible to influence a person to act outside of their "normal" behavior R R Investigae whether the normal traffic light sequence (green, yellow, red), the blinking yellow sequence (green, yellow, blinking yellow, then red), or the blinking green light (green, blinking green, yellow, then red), can stop vehicles in time. Mind Manipulation of Students Through Positive Thinking R R Discover if the more expensive the gasoline cost, the less gas a person will get. R Determine if migraines and other headaches are under-reported and under-treated and therefore lead to unneeded pain and loss of activities in teens. R Determine the length of time that students take to do their hair in the morning before school. S Test if it is possible to tell if someone is lying or not by measuring blood pressure. R S What is bullying? R S How much students cheat on school work? S Is Laughter the Best Medicine? R R Find out if laughing will lower blood pressure, and if so, will gender affect the amount of change in the blood pressure. R R The need of personal space in males and females R Determine if and why people answer ringing public payphones. R Determine whether or not people do judge books by their covers. R Quantitative Test of a Theory on Emotional Responses to Humanoid Robotic Faces R Does laughter ease pain? R Can Habits Established in Childhood be Predictive of Adult Addictive Tendencies? R Determine if men really marry women with personalities like those of their mothers'. R Does birth order affect someone's personality? R R Do teenagers make occupational decisions based on parental influences? S Determine whether a person's suggestion has an effect on another's subconscious reaction R S Are rules about friendships outside the clique stricter for girls than boys? S The effect of positive self-talk vs. negative self-talk on the percentage of successful free throws made by subjects. R Investigate if people exhibit more signs of lying verbally or in written form. R Do fraternal twins have the same interests? R S Survey how average high school students rank ten reasons people hookup and breakup. S Determine whether males or females use the left or right side of their brain more frequently. S What are student attitudes towards smoking? S Does gender affect the kind of repetitive dreams? S Determine what factors cause the most stress among high school students. R S Determine what factors are most important to high school students when selecting a homecoming queen. S Which is more important to teens and adults? TV's, Computers, or Newspapers. S Test if people are affected by the advertisements and commercials of Smarties S Prejudice & Stereotype Science Fair Projects & Experiments Religion & Belief Science Fair Projects & Experiments |
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Measure whether common fears change with age, and, if so, how.
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Investigate what motivates arsonists. R R R R R The Effect of Visual Subliminal Messages on Viewers' Color Choice R Research the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and compare its results with other personality tests R Determine whether or not the age of a person has an effect on their "Total Optimism" score on Dr. Martin Seligman's optimism scale. R Determine if teenage boys would have measurably cleaner hands if they knew they would be anonymously tested for cleanliness. R What do elementary school children think about cheating? S Differences in Personality between Non-Athletes and Athletes and between Athletes Participating in Selected Sports R Demonstrate that a driver's behavior can be influenced by the presence of surveillance cameras. R R What type of student is more likely to cheat? S The Effects of Scientific Information Concerning Water Conservation on a Person's Opinions and Attitudes R Who is at a higher stage of moral development: teenagers or small children? R R The effects self-esteem has on drinking S The relation between social influences, personality, and language S Do the colors one wears has an affect on the first impression they give to others. R How the length of time spent driving on freeways affects the driver's blood pressure R The correlation between facial symmetry and attractiveness R R The effect of sample ballots on voting behavior S The effect of pet ownership on overall health R S Is there a connection between alcohol use and marijuana use? R S Does the media influence a child's behavior? S The relationship between humor and death anxiety S At what age do children start recognizing that cheating is just that; cheating? S The effects of car phone usage on driving performance. R R R R R R R R R S S Effects of Exposure to Positive and Negative Environmental Writings On Personal Environmental Views S Repeat small world experiment (examinined the average path length for social networks of people in the United States) R Repeat Asch conformity experiments (demonstrated the power of conformity in groups) R Repeat Breaching experiment (seeks to examine peoples' reactions to violations of commonly accepted social rules or norms.) R R Repeat Luke Johnson Phone Experiment (how many people will call someone they have never met) R Prejudice & Stereotype Science Fair Projects & Experiments Religion & Belief Science Fair Projects & Experiments |
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