In this study, a test was conducted on the claim that age has an effect on a student’s choice to act on their curiosity. Age differences were tested in the form of a visual test with a small task. In a local school cafeteria, two separate age groups of students were tested; group one included students ages 7 to 11, and group two included students ages 11 to 14. A box with a hole large enough to see through was placed on a table in the school cafeteria. Attached to the box was written instructions for the students to not look inside the box. The study was conducted during two of the school’s lunch periods. The Hirst lunch period included the younger students, and the second lunch period included the older students. During each period, the number of students that looked into the box was recorded. As assessed by the numbers collected, the larger percentage of students who chose to look inside the box were from the older group of students. The results were signiHicant, but disproved our hypothesis.
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3posters/files/gravity_forms/1-f14ea90e75361cb91bd42582a860ee01/2014/12/Group-4-Poster-PDF.pdf
Christina Mazza, Vincent Nicoletta, Juliana Zaloom
Irina A Sekerina
College of Staten Island
psychology, children
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