Question

(Psychology)Based on what you have learned about statistics in psychology, develop an original psychological hypothesis and explain how you would go about trying to establish the validity (or falsifiability) of the hypothesis. (Note that this is a two-part activity. At the end of this course, you will test and build on your hypothesis.)

Answer 1

Hypothesis: The amount of recess/outdoor time that elementary students get determines the amount of focus they will have in class.

Students, specifically younger kids, are full of energy and they need to let it out. Students have a hard enough paying attention in school but when they're full of energy they will have an even harder time focusing in class.

To prove the validity or falsifiability of my hypothesis I would gather a group of 45 students and split them up into 3 groups. Group 1 will get 0 outside time, group 2 will get 15 minutes and group 3 will get 30 minutes. After they come back inside they teacher will teach a lesson and then give a quiz, if the students had more focus they will do better on the quiz then the students with less focus.

I also made a table for this

Students group 1 group 2 group 3

amount of outside time 0 15 30

Average score on how

well they did on the quiz

Step-by-step explanation:

This was my answer feel free to change it up

Answer 2

hypothesis: Amount of sugar ingested affects children's self-esteem.

Step-by-step explanation:

To establish the validity or falsifiability of this hypothesis, it would be necessary to establish a scientific experiment.

In that case, I would gather 30 children between 10-12 years old and divide them into 3 groups, each with 10 children. Group A would be made up of children who should eat 100 calories (approximately 25 grams) of sugar per day, which is the limit recommended by medical authorities. Group B would be formed by children who should eat 150 calories of sugar per day. Group C would consist of children who would not eat any calories from sugar. The experiment would last for 3 months.

Over the three months, children would be assessed on their view of themselves and their confidence in going through small challenges that require high levels of self-esteem. Each children's behavior would be given a grade.

In the end, the scores in each group would form an average and these averages would be compared using statistisc apps, to see if there is a significant difference between the results of each group. If the difference was not significant between the groups, it means that sugar does not interfere with children's self-esteem. If the difference is significant, it means that sugar interferes with children's self-esteem.