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The elements of their experiment were as follows:
● Establish a pool of participants composed of 67 undergraduate students who had not eaten in three hours.
● Divide participants into three groups.
● Expose two groups to the aroma of chocolate chip cookies baking.
● Place plates containing chocolate chip cookies and plates containing radishes before the two groups.
● Have one group eat only chocolate chip cookies, and have the other group eat only radishes.
● Allow five minutes of unsupervised time for eating.
● Do not expose the third group to the aroma of chocolate chip cookies baking, and do not give them anything to eat.
● Assign all three groups the boring task of tracing geometric figures.
● Tell the groups to stop when they become tired or feel unable to continue.
● Monitor the three groups to determine how long each group perseveres in performing the boring assignment.
Can you guess what happened and what the experiment revealed? The result of the experiment was that the group allowed to eat only radishes gave up tracing the geometric figures earlier on average than the other two groups. Thus, the CWRU researchers judged that the effort of exercising self-control and not eating the chocolate chip cookies reduced the radish eaters’ strength for the tracing assignment.
Directions: Using the study above, cite an example of each term listed below. The hypothesis is shown as a model. After you have done that answer the 3 reflection questions
Hypothesis: Exerting self-control causes fatigue.
1. Experimental group:
2. Control group:
The group with cookies
3. Independent variable:
4. Dependent variable:
5. Conclusion:
1. Experimental group: The group of participants who were exposed to the aroma of chocolate chip cookies and were given radishes to eat.
2. Control group: The group of participants who were not exposed to the aroma of chocolate chip cookies and were not given anything to eat.
3. Independent variable: The independent variable in this experiment is whether or not the participants were given chocolate chip cookies to eat.
4. Dependent variable: The dependent variable in this experiment is the amount of time each group persevered in performing the boring assignment of tracing geometric figures.
5. Conclusion: The experiment revealed that the group of participants who were only allowed to eat radishes gave up tracing the geometric figures earlier on average than the other two groups. This led the researchers to conclude that exerting self-control by not eating the chocolate chip cookies caused fatigue in the radish eaters, reducing their strength for the tracing assignment.
Reflection questions:
1. Why do you think the researchers chose to divide the participants into three groups instead of just two?
2. What are some potential limitations or weaknesses of this experiment?
3. How could the researchers have improved or modified the experiment to further investigate the effects of self-control on fatigue?