Kennedy+B

__DETERMINING HOW PEOPLE FEEL DURING MOVIES__ Kennedy B. 2011 - 2012

Six volunteers were tested to see how their body felt after watching a series of different categories of movies. It was hypothesized that every volunteer would have the same reaction as each other. The method was performed by having the volunteer sit in a chair. While sitting in the chair the volunteer would then watch the movies. The movies were The Lion King, Happy Feet 2, Joyful Noise, The Blind Side, and Harry Potter 4; Remember the Titans and The Pursuit of Happyness. After viewing each movie, the volunteer was to describe how they felt. The list of responses to choose from were upbeat, scared, sad, disgust, confused, inspired, or intense. The movie the Lion King got 5 upbeat, and 1 confused. Happy Feet 2 had 5 upbeat and 1 confused. Joyful Noise got 4 inspired and 2 upbeat. The Blind Side had 3 sad and 3 inspired. Harry Potter 4 had 3 scared, 1 sad, and 2 intense. Remember the Titans had 3 inspired, 2 intense, and 1 sad. The Pursuit of Happyness had 5 sad and 1 confused.

Experimental Improvements and Future Experiments
There are a few different ways that the experiment could have improved and been better. It would have been better to have them in a room with no one else but them or had headphones on. Just so that they could concentrate and not be distracted by other things around them. Another thing is still have 6 volunteers and maybe less movies. This would be so there could be more experiments. Some future experiments would be adding variables to the experiment to see if the data changes. The volunteers could be drinking or eating anything while they are watching the movie scene. Or the volunteers could take their heart rate before and then take it after to see if it goes down or up. Another is having them use headphones to block the outside noise. These are a few of the future experiment that could be done.

To read the complete ISP Paper for this experiment, click on the PDF file link below.
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