I have this theory that people who watch comedy movies are happier than people who watch drama. I need an experiment to test the theory that watching comedy versus drama makes people happier. I need 1- operationally defined independent variable 2- operationally defined dependent variable 3- experimental groups defined 4- procedure 5- participants (who could and how can I select?) 6-concernes or possible issues with the experiment.
2007-04-15 14:44:20 · 5 answers · asked by inquisitive 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
First, I must point out that you ask two questions here, two hypotheses:
1. Are people who watch comedies have a happier outlook on life?
and
2. Does watching comedies GIVE people a happier outlook on life?
To test the first question, people are ypically given questionnaires asking what movies they like to see, among a few other things, and then a questionnaire that determines outlook on life, basically happy vs depressed. Almost any personality test might give you some measure of that. People have found these questionnaires on the internet or in journals or have written to other researchers who have done similar experiments. I would do a search of the literature before I did a research project.
The second question can be answered by having people fill out a questionnaire before and after seeing a comedic movie and a melodrama about their outlook on life. After the movie you might want them to judge how funny they thought themovie was or how melodramatic. Maybe I would follow up a week or two later with the same questionnaire on outlook on life and another to assess if they still remembered the movie, if they thought about it any more, and how funny they thought it was. The serious melodrama could be about someone caught in a hopeless situation. Compare the two groups.
Basically, in both situations you could correlate the first questionnaire with the second and see if there is a relationship and how strong it is. The second study may require multiple regression.
The first study does not really have a dependent variable; it would be an ordinary correlation study with two independent variable, Outlook on Life and Type of Movie Preferred.
The second has one independent variable, the type of movie watched. The other variables are dependent.
The possible issues with the experiment is that people can be happy one minute and sad the next.
I don't think I answered all the questions, but I can't do all your homework for you!
2007-04-15 15:13:53 · answer #1 · answered by cavassi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only thing i can help with is the participants. but its a start... well if you have friends that REALLY love drama shows and only watch drama, for example they are in love with greys anatomy, desprate housewives, etc. and people who live for funny movies or shows. you can test them by getting on their nerves and seeing how each react. most likely the funny person would make a joke out of it. = )
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2016-11-24 21:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your notes from Method and Theory in psychology class. lol
2007-04-15 15:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by pretty asian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do it your self It is not my problem because you wouldnt be asking me if you payed attention in class!
2007-04-23 12:59:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋