Jenny,+Zea


 * Big Picture Q: How does ethnicity affect people's perceptions of others?
 * Specific Q: Are people more inclined to say positive things about babies of their own race?

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Question: Are people more inclined to say positive things about babies of their own race? Hypothesis: People will say better things about babies of their own race. Research Plan : We will create a survey with pictures of three babies (one African baby, one American baby, and one Asian baby) and then have a list of adjectives that people will use to describe each baby or a scale for people to rate the cuteness of each baby. We will also record which ethnicity the person being surveyed is (probably using the ethnicity that standardized tests use). In one set of a survey we will list positive, negative, and neutral adjectives to describe babies and then have the subjects select one word per baby. In the other set of surveys we will have a scale going from 1-10 (1 being the least cute and 10 being the most cute) and then have people choose a number per baby (this may offend some people, but seeing as it is a personal opinion it won't be too offense and once the subjects have taken the survey we can explain why they asked them to do it so if they were offended then they won't be). We will have two sets of baby pictures, one with baby boys and one with baby girls and the pictures will feature the babies with similar positions and facial expressions. We will both use the same pictures. After we survey a lot of people and get data we will compare how people described the babies as compared to which ethnicity they were.

Possible list of adjectives to describe babies should include terms that are more positive and terms that are more negative or neutral and then the subjects would select only one word to describe each baby. -sleepy (neutral) -cute (positive) -happy (positive) -calm (neutral) -ugly (negative)

Jenny Darrow

__Feedback__ I think that this is experiment can be a little subjective. I was going to do a project like this(about the perception of beauty), and we had to change it because people might have different preferences that has nothing to do with race. I think that the rating(1-10 scale) will be the easiest to analyze. I guess it will be interesting to analyze the results, but you have to be careful.But other than that, you have a well thought out research plan, Good luck! (Faiza)

Research Report & Final Presentation