Assignment on Psychology PDF
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Added on 2021-04-21
Assignment on Psychology PDF
Added on 2021-04-21
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Running head: PSYCHOLOGY PsychologyName of the Student:Name of the University:Author’s note:
1PSYCHOLOGY Abstract:A hug is supposed to be more than union of two bodies. Physical contact is not only limitedbetween couples but also with parents, siblings, elders and even strangers. Hug removesstress and brings a sense of peace. In this report, researcher has executed a psychological aswell as social experiment. The researcher tabulated the number of males and females whowithin a certain period hugged “Free Hugs” cookie monster. The testing of hypothesis in thisresearch report verifies whether the hugging habit varies gender wise or not. The basicassertion of the research was that a female would like to have a hug with cookie monstermore deliberately than a male. The analysis with the help of cross tabulation, odds ratio andchi-square test proves that the basic assertion of the research is true. Females as per theirflexible nature are very flexible to take or give a hug. However, males hesitate to have a hugperhaps for the nature of rigidity and masculine approach.
2PSYCHOLOGY Table of ContentsIntroduction:..........................................................................................................................................3Research Rationale:...............................................................................................................................3Research Aim:.......................................................................................................................................3Research Hypotheses:............................................................................................................................3Literature review:..................................................................................................................................4Methodology:........................................................................................................................................5Design:..............................................................................................................................................5Participants:.......................................................................................................................................5Procedure:.........................................................................................................................................5Materials/Measures:..........................................................................................................................6Data Operating Tool:.........................................................................................................................6Data Description:...................................................................................................................................6Data Analysis:.......................................................................................................................................6Cross-tab percentage table:...............................................................................................................6Odds ratio calculation:......................................................................................................................6Chi-Square calculation:.....................................................................................................................7Hypotheses:...................................................................................................................................8Test applied:..................................................................................................................................8Level of significance:....................................................................................................................8Calculated test statistic:.................................................................................................................8Calculated p-value:........................................................................................................................8Inference:.......................................................................................................................................8Interpretation:................................................................................................................................8Conclusion:..........................................................................................................................................10Recommendation:................................................................................................................................10Ethical Consideration:.........................................................................................................................10Limitations:.........................................................................................................................................10References:..........................................................................................................................................12
3PSYCHOLOGY Topic: Does the factor “Gender” influences to hug the cookie monster?Introduction:Habit of hugging strengthens mental tolerance and brings peace. It is the mediator oftransferring genuine feelings between two persons (Cohen et al., 1992). Hug makes a humanbeing feel more protected and secured. More of it, for a baby, physical contact in terms ofhugs is very crucial for their survival. “Free hugs” set a mission to reach out and hug a stranger man or woman. It helps topower up their livelihood. It is a symbol of hope within human beings spread across the city.“Happy harmony” increases due to excess secretion of oxytocin that causes due to hugging.Females find it more preferable as it lowers anxiety, pain, depression and frustration.Hugging cordially eliminates discomfort, frustration and symptoms of mental illness (Ruiz etal., 2016). Females often feel more stressed due to household pressures. Hugging habits improvethe mood of those ladies especially. Females get a calm brain by balancing their nervoussystems after hugging. For males, hugging habits enhances attention and motivation. It helpsto have a better sleep after working hours. The research report focuses on the fact that whether females are eager to hug “freehugs” than males or not.Research Rationale:The research is conducted on the context of psychological behaviour and instantreaction of people of different genders. The research is carried out only for growing smallconceptual ideas on psychological behaviour of the human beings. Research Aim:The aim and objective of the research is to find whether females feel freer to hug “freehugs” cookie monster than male candidates or not. The research aims to distinguish thepsychology of behaviour of males and females. Research Hypotheses:The research hypotheses are:Null hypothesis (H0): There is an association between gender and preference to hug thecookie monster.Alternative hypothesis (HA): There is no association between gender and preference to hugthe cookie monster.
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