The topic I have chosen to do my SRP on is...

'How can background noise effect the way people concentrate?'

My Experiment can be something like this...

Aim: to test the affect of background noise on human concentration.

Materials: Worksheets (probably find a words), noise such as radio and people activities.

Number of people: 4

Independent variable: Level (or loudness) of background noise

Dependent variable: Mark the person got on the test and feedback

Controlled variable: Time in minutes and seconds, of how long the person lasts without being distracted

Method:

What i am going to do: First off I am going to have four people in a room doing work, and record how long they're concentration lasts for before they get distracted. The background noise will be very loud. Second i will repeat this but in a room with medium level background noise. Third, i will do this with low level background noise and fourth I will repeat this with Silence and no background noise. 

I will record, in each circumstance, how long the people i have chosen can concentrate for without being distracted.

Once completed, my experiment will include a table of results, discussion and conclusion.

Keep in mind DICE RRR

 

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Some ideas i have right now are...

- Can background noise levels affect how well we concentrate?

- Does the colour of a room affect human behaviour?

- Can people tell artificial smells from real ones?

For the first idea i could do an experiment where i get a person to read a passage of information in silence and then with various levels of background noise. I can then see with which level of noise they can absorb the information better in or whether there is an effect at all.

For the second idea i could have several people in different rooms with different coloured walls for a couple of minutes and they can rotate. I can observe their behaviour.

An idea of an experiment for the third idea is i can get about 5 people, get them to smell several artificial foods and several real foods and see if they pick up the artificial smells.

 

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