An Experiment to Investigate the Effects of the Centroid Bias on the Judgment of the Inclination and Separation.


Abstract

The aim of this investigation was to observe how a red dot in a cluster of blue dots would affect the way one perceived the inclination and separation of lines between the two red dots. The research hypothesis was the varying distance would affect the error judgment. The design used to test this hypothesis was experimentation. The independent variable was the placement of the red dot in the cluster of blue dots. The dependent variable was the rating of the line by personal judgment. The control variables were the dot in the center of the cluster and the hundreds of trials performed. The participants in this experiment were 37 first year psychology students. The results came to show that centroid bias affected separation, although centroid bias did not affect orientation at 10° there was reasonably convincing evidence that it could have worked at......

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Title: Freud Vs Erikson
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Approximate Pages: 12 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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