Emma+C

By Emma C. 2011-2012
 * REACTIONS TO ONLINE VIDEOS**

The purpose of this experiment was to see how boys and girls react to different online videos. It was hypothesized that girls would have higher heart rate when scared than boys. The reason for this was because when observations were made, girls were scared easier and more frequently than the boys. One at a time, 5 girls and 5 boys were each showed the same YouTube video. The reason that people did not do it together was so that it didn’t change each other’s reaction or what was thought about it. The heart rate monitor was plugged into a computer and each person held it while watching the video. After the snake jumped out to scare whoever was watching, the heart rate was found. This was done for each person. The second and third videos were different. Each person would watch it, still by themselves, but would be asked how they felt after the video was done. Even with the ranges, the heart rates for girls and boys averaged out to be the same and people reacted to the other videos similarly.
 * ABSTRACT**


 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS**

Something that would make this experiment easier would be to project the snake video. The reason for this would be so that the computer wouldn’t get too close to the heart rate monitor. That would mess up how it read the beats per minute. It would also make everything bigger and that might be scarier for some people to watch. A further experiment that could be done might be using different variables and see if that changes what happens. Some possibilities would be having the people who are watching the videos drink soda or eat something such as potato chips or crackers.

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