Psychology Experiments [Archive]

Thermal

11-19-2008, 21:10

I am the wizard, and you can be my lab rats! :wizard:

Experiment 1: put these 10 words in order of gender association, putting the words you associate with males at the top and the ones you associate with females at the bottom, with the middle suiting both sexes.

Sly
Repulsive
Arrogant
Complaining
wise
eccentric
prudish
funny
naive
concentrated

GO! :beam:

Experiment Count

Experiment 1: Gender associated word listing
Experiment 2: Elephant leg illusion
Experiment 3: Characteristic Associations
Experiment 4: The Muller Llyer Line illusion

LittleGrizzly

11-19-2008, 21:14

Arrogant
Sly
Repulsive
funny
wise
concentrated
eccentric
prudish
naive
Complaining

hmm... yeah that sounds about right to me... concentrated is attention span i assume.. ?

TevashSzat

11-19-2008, 21:17

Arrogant
Repulsive
Sly
Eccentric
Wise
Funny
concentrated
Naive
Prudish
Complaining

Meh, kinda hard. I don't really feel particularly strong about any of them

LittleGrizzly

11-19-2008, 21:20

Arrogance and complaining were the only ones that wouldn't move if i made the list several hundred times... the rest i am probably less certain about thier places

Yoyoma1910

11-19-2008, 21:23

Male

middle
sly, repulsive, arrogant, complaining, wise, eccentric, prudish, funny, naive, concentrated
middle

Female

I associate such adjectives with people, not gender. Mr. Freud. ~;p

Thermal

11-19-2008, 21:31

concentrated is attention span i assume.. ?

pretty much and often how serious someone is too, i'll do a new test each day there are some fascinating figures and facts, it's amazing how we react to certain things which individually make us look like prejudice fools :clown:

Rhyfelwyr

11-19-2008, 21:38

naive
wise
funny
complaining
eccentric
arrogant
concentrated
repulsive
sly
prudish

Hmm, mine is completely different from everyone else's :shrug:

LittleGrizzly

11-19-2008, 21:50

facts, it's amazing how we react to certain things which individually make us look like prejudice fools

Well im not even completely sure about the complaining one (as in im only aboutn 85% sure), but arrogance is far more a male vice than a female vice, maybe you could explain it to us fools....

atheotes

11-19-2008, 22:02

wise
Arrogant
eccentric
funny
concentrated
Repulsive
Sly
prudish
naive
Complaining

tbh... i found most of them falling in the middle except for complaining... i dint even bother putting the middle words in any particular order :shrug:

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

11-19-2008, 23:18

Repulsive
funny
naive
wise
Arrogant
Sly
eccentric
concentrated
Complaining
prudish

Thermal

11-19-2008, 23:24

maybe you could explain it to us fools....

hmmmm? i was generalizing, even with my self.....

Csargo

11-19-2008, 23:33

What sort of test is this? All people of either gender can be any of those, so I'd put them all in the middle if that is an option. I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to seperate them into gender groups.

Ferret

11-19-2008, 23:43

arrogant
sly
repulsive
wise
funny
concentrated
prudish
eccentric
complaining
naive

Ramses II CP

11-20-2008, 00:35

Arrogant
Sly
Repulsive
Eccentric
Naive
Concentrated (What the heck kind of trait is this? Does it mean the capacity to concentrate or does it mean not having any juice? :laugh4:)
Complaining
Prudish
Wise
Funny

:egypt:

(Yes, these traits apply better to individuals than to sexes, but (for example) when I think of arrogant not a single female comes to mind. Similarly I can't think of any prudish males in my circle. Plus this sort of psychobabble is much more fun when you just play along.)

Martok

11-20-2008, 00:45

arrogant
sly
repulsive

funny
eccentric
wise
concentrated

naive
complaining
prudish

EDIT: Heh. I didn't even notice til just now that I placed all the positive adjectives in the gender-neutral category. Interesting.

naut

11-20-2008, 02:51

Concentrated
Arrogant
Wise

Funny
Repulsive
Eccentric
Prudish

Naive
Sly
Complaining

What the hell is with y'all saying guys are more sly? No way. A guy being sly is the equivalent of a girl being normal.

spmetla

11-20-2008, 03:44

I've noticed most here attribute 'complaining' to females.

Uesugi Kenshin

11-20-2008, 04:06

I've noticed most here attribute 'complaining' to females.

Culturally men who complain tend to be worse off than women who complain maybe?

I don't think I could reasonably put them in any sort of order. I tried to when you first opened the thread, but I ended up not feeling strongly about at least eight of them.

Centurio Nixalsverdrus

11-20-2008, 04:43

Most people seem to think naive would be girlish. I strongly doubt that... men are far mor naive imo.

Legosoldier

11-20-2008, 05:55

Males:

Both Genders:
arrogant
sly
repulsive
wise
funny
prudish
eccentric
naive

Females:
complaining
concentrated

naut

11-20-2008, 06:14

I've noticed most here attribute 'complaining' to females.
Go camping with a woman and you'll see why. :wall:

Sasaki Kojiro

11-20-2008, 06:42

Arrogant
eccentric
Repulsive
Funny
Wise
Concentrated
Sly
Naive
prudish
Complaining

penguinking

11-20-2008, 07:15

Arrogant
Repulsive
Eccentric
Sly
Funny
Wise
Concentrated
Naive
Prudish
Complaining

Thermal

11-20-2008, 18:32

i liked martoks discovery :yes: and little grizzys, the ones to point out were pointed out by most people :) this survey was done worldwide with 300 words, me only picking 10 because i couldnt see anyone doing that many!

the results were that the more negative ones were for the sexes
i.e: male arrogant, women: complaining, and the majority of people thought the postive belongs to both, overall though the women were seen more positively though not necessarily a good thing, though these are mostly stereotypes from our own experiences, no one person, as someone mentioned can be branded under one category, a man can act like a woman, this is his gender, though biologically they are of the male sex

there is no wrong or right answer to this question, though the majority of you said what was said when this experiment was first carried out.... in the 1930's so the main thing to take away from this is attitudes to certain behaviors probably haven't changed much since the 80 years or so of this experiments first use!

Thermal

11-20-2008, 18:34

Experiment 2:
:wizard:

http://www.pi-hus.dk/sjov/items/elephant.jpg

how many legs does phanpy have? :laugh4:

Sasaki Kojiro

11-20-2008, 18:39

He has 4 legs...the real question is how many feet does he have?

edit: I propose we carry out a version of the stanford prison experiment and confine 7 orgah's to a single thread while giving another 3 orgah's unlimited mod powers in that thread.

Thermal

11-20-2008, 18:40

He has 4 legs...the real question is how many feet does he have?

fine, how many legs and how many feet does phanpy have?

Yoyoma1910

11-20-2008, 19:07

What cruel genetic modifications created such a beast!

Answer:
One.

Thermal

11-20-2008, 19:09

What cruel genetic modifications created such a beast!

:laugh4: phanpy's special and he wants you to count his legs for him! (sorry if i'm treating you similarly to a 4 year old :clown: )

Yoyoma1910

11-20-2008, 19:10

Sorry, edited in my answer.

Only one leg is complete and attached, as opposed to implied.

Edit:

Everything else would then belong to itself.

Rhyfelwyr

11-20-2008, 20:25

The answer would I think be a minimun of one, maximum of 4 (3 on the other side could be attached, though they look a little awkward for that to be the case).

Maybe there could be an absolute max of 5, if you count the leg which seems to protrude from his mouth and is myteriously pale at the top in comparison the the rest. :shrug:

Legosoldier

11-20-2008, 20:51

Ha, he reminds me of the girl who was born with 4 legs and 4 arms.

I only see one complete leg with foot. All the others... just don't seem to fit...

Martok

11-20-2008, 23:00

Gah. Looking at those types of pictures/drawings always makes my head hurt. :dizzy2:

LittleGrizzly

11-21-2008, 05:10

He is floating in the air with 3 incomplete legs (or stumps) and one complete leg with a foot, some cruel hunter has placed 4 feet inbetween and next to where his feet should be, possibly the hunter is cutting off family members feet one by one until the elephant agrees to float around as a circus act for him...

Thermal

11-21-2008, 14:24

Thermal

11-21-2008, 23:28

OK, thank you for your participation :yes: the answer is none, well that can be debated, but the overall effect is none, this is why....

we perceive this elephant to have legs, but just legs that are misplaced, we wouldn't question how possible this actually is, however it is not possible for this to actually make a real 3D model, it wouldn't have attachments for its legs, it's body would be floating in mid-air, only it looks possible as a 2D picture in front of you :beam: so out of all the speculation the thing most can conclude is it's legless, though this isn't based on fact but more a lot of thought :juggle2: others may conclude it has one leg as one appears in the right place, another valid reason, make what you will of it :)

So the thing to take away from this is things aren't always what they seem :dizzy2:

Thermal

11-21-2008, 23:36

Experiment 3:
:wizard:
(Do bare in mind that I'm quite limited with what experiments i can perform on an internet forum, somethings just have to be done in person)

Impression tests:

There are two people, here is a description of each person:

Person 1:
Intelligent
Skillful
Warm
Determined
Practical
Cautious
Industrious

Person 2:
Intelligent
Skillful
Cold
Determined
Practical
Cautious
Industrious

With this information, please describe person one and person two (only very briefly, a few descriptive words will do) GO! :clown:

Rhyfelwyr

11-21-2008, 23:50

we perceive this elephant to have legs, but just legs that are misplaced, we wouldn't question how possible this actually is, however it is not possible for this to actually make a real 3D model, it wouldn't have attachments for its legs, it's body would be floating in mid-air, only it looks possible as a 2D picture in front of you :beam: so out of all the speculation the thing most can conclude is it's legless, though this isn't based on fact but more a lot of thought :juggle2: others may conclude it has one leg as one appears in the right place, another valid reason, make what you will of it :)

I made myself dizzy staring at a picture to then hear that! :furious3:

With this information, please describe person one and person two (only very briefly, a few descriptive words will do) GO! :clown:

You just did that...:inquisitive:

Thermal

11-21-2008, 23:51

I made myself dizzy staring at a picture to then hear that! :furious3:

You just did that...:inquisitive:

LOL, i didn't

Sasaki Kojiro

11-22-2008, 00:19

I would say that person 1 is Intelligent, Skillful, Warm, Determined, Practical, Cautious, Industrious, and likes tacos.

Person 2, on the other hand, is Intelligent, Skillful, Cold, Determined, Practical, Cautious, Industrious,
and is plotting to become dictator of the world where his first action will be to make eating tacos punishable by death.

Thermal

11-22-2008, 00:25

Nice observation :2thumbsup:

Csargo

11-22-2008, 00:37

Person 1 is alive. Person 2 is dead.

Rhyfelwyr

11-22-2008, 00:55

Person one is standing next to a radiator and person two isn't?

Sasaki Kojiro

11-22-2008, 02:17

In that context warm and cold are clearly meant as personality traits.

Yoyoma1910

11-22-2008, 07:06

Person one is who I thought I was getting married to.

Person two is who I married.

~;p

Csargo

11-22-2008, 07:52

In that context warm and cold are clearly meant as personality traits.

WAT?!?!?! :angry:

Yoyoma1910

11-22-2008, 07:55

In that context warm and cold are clearly meant as personality traits.

Stop projecting. :clown:

Rhyfelwyr

11-22-2008, 19:03

WAT?!?!?! :angry:

I thought you meant dead and alive in a sort of philosophical way, non-literal, really cheesy way. Kind of ruins my following joke then. :shame:

Thermal

11-22-2008, 19:16

In that context warm and cold are clearly meant as personality traits.

you can take it how you like, but Sasaki is right....

AlexanderSextus

11-26-2008, 09:07

Person 1 and Person 2 are pretty much the same except Person 2 is a sociopath. :yes:

Thermal

11-26-2008, 22:06

good, if any others are willing to post there views in a serious manner of course, id prefer not to move on without enough people trying this one first :beam:

shlin28

11-26-2008, 23:03

Person 1 is a door to door salesperson and person 2 is a politician.

Thermal

11-26-2008, 23:21

heh i'd say they were both cold but meh

anyway generally when these to characteristic sets were given out WITHIN a large group of people, the traits with person 1 were assumed as 'kind, friendly, brilliant' person 2 was described mostly as 'quite, lonely, spiteful' all other traits were great, only the words 'warm' and 'cold' differed, it shows mostly how certain words have a sharper effect on people, for this one word to overpower the 7 accompanying it, it also (even though i provoked people to class it as personality) could just be referring to a persons temperature showing how set the mind is in its thinking of course your answers were mostly jokes and on different thoughts, i just stated what many other people stated when experimented

Thermal

11-26-2008, 23:22

experiment 4: :wizard:

another illusion, a little easier though this time :laugh4:

https://i404.photobucket.com/albums/pp130/aries777777/percep47.jpg

which line is bigger? if any?

Ferret

11-26-2008, 23:31

The same...

Rhyfelwyr

11-27-2008, 00:11

The top line seems bigger, although I suppose I'm probably falling for the illusion...

Legosoldier

11-27-2008, 01:51

the top line looks bigger, but if measured, both lines are equal size

Yoyoma1910

11-27-2008, 19:30

They are the same length. That's an old one.

And that elephant did have one leg. ~;p

Rhyfelwyr

11-27-2008, 22:39

They are the same length. That's an old one.

And that elephant did have one leg. ~;p

I still say he had an extra three mutilated legs plus one coming out his mouth. Unless he'd just eaten another elephant whole...

Thermal

11-28-2008, 00:48

I still say he had an extra three mutilated legs plus one coming out his mouth. Unless he'd just eaten another elephant whole...

lols well it can still be debated, i'm not giving any definite answer, i dont no everything, still a pic worth sharing :clown:

Thermal

12-04-2008, 19:53

yeah thelines are the same length, only the arrows pointing out in different directions percieves one to be longer than another, while most would realise the lines themselves are the same, your first thought upon seeing them is undoubtedly different, until your mind had had time to a just to this abnormality

Thermal

12-06-2008, 13:42

experiment 5 :wizard:

http://hlavolamy.szm.sk/images/frog-horse-visual-illusion.gif

what 2 animal is that?

Drisos

12-06-2008, 14:31

#5: Horse

#4: Instantly saw lengts were same. Thing is, look only at the lines, ignore the arrow lines.

#3: It's a commando. He's person 1 when in family circumstances and 2 when on duty.

#2: There's no elephant at all.

#1:

*MALE*

Funny
Sly
Eccentric
Wise

Arrogant
Concentrated
Prudish

Repulsive
Complaining
Naive

*FEMALE*