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Mismatched Color Meaning Science Fair ProjectsHave fun with these 7th grade mismatched color meaning science fair projects!
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Super Science Fair Projects :: Biology ::
In learning words, who is most affected by colors?
Color Psychology Symbolism is a part of human language. Colors, shapes and orientations of objects all give an object or an action additional meaning. Colors in particular are used by humans to add meaning to objects, including the written language. PURPOSEThe first purpose of this experiment was to determine whether for seventh grade boys and girls, a word’s color would be harder to state when the meaning was a mismatched word.The second purpose of this experiment was to see if the seventh grade boys would have more difficulty speaking the color of words with a mismatched meaning than the seventh grade girls. I became interested in this idea when I was in my mom’s eighth grade classroom. I saw a list of words printed in colors that didn’t match the actual word. I tried to say the word’s color, but found it was very hard to do. I wondered, “If I try this on other people will they state the word, or the word’s color?” The information gained from this experiment could inform students, and teachers who are interested in how the human’s brain prioritizes stimuli.
HYPOTHESISMy first hypothesis was that for seventh grade boys and girls, a word’s printed color would be harder to state when the meaning was a mismatched color word.My second hypothesis was that 7th grade boys would have more difficulty speaking the color of words with a mismatched than the seventh grade girls. I based my first hypothesis on Bryanna Bruskland’s results from similar testing in 2003-2004. Her results indicated that the Stroop color affected both the seventh grade boys and girls. I also based my second hypothesis on Bryanna Bruskland’s project when she tested to see whether or not boys would say the color faster than the girls would. Her results indicated that girls could say the color faster than the boys could. EXPERIMENT DESIGNThe constants in this study were:• Amount of words in test number 1 (32) • Amount of words in test number 2 (32) • Amount of words in test number 3 (32) • The colors of the words and the words in test number 1 • The colors of the words and the words in test number 2 • The colors of the words and the words in test number 3 • The grade of the students (seventh) • Room tested in (Team 5 Activity Room) • The instructions • The example test • Color of paper (white) • The font type and size • Number of seventh grade boys (10) • Number of seventh grade girls (13) The manipulated variable was the match and mismatch of the word’s color to the word’s meaning. The responding variables were how fast it took the seventh grade students to state the word’s color and the number of errors To measure the responding variable, I used a stopwatch to time how long it took the student to say the word list. I tallied the errors as they gave their responses. MATERIALSQuantity Item Description23 Permission Slips 23 Parent Slips 1 Matched Stimuli Test 1 Unrelated Stimuli Test 1 Mis-Matched Stimuli Test 1 Sample Test 1 Testing Room 1 Stop Watch 1 Data Sheet 69 Answer Sheets for Experimenter to tally errors This abstracts continues at color word science fair projects.
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