Organic Foods can make some people more judgemental, study finds

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A study shown in the Journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that people eating organic foods tend to be more judgemental. Study author Kendall Eskine, assistant professor of the department of psychological sciences at Loyola University in New Orleans, said "There’s a line of research showing that when people can pat themselves on the back for their moral behavior, they can become self-righteous." This means people who are known for doing good can cause a person to be conceited and boastful about it, such as eating foods without harmful chemicals. Participants in the lab were put into three groups. Each group was shown pictures, one group organic foods, second "comfort foods" such as cookies and soda, then additionally non-organic, healthy foods, like rice and oatmeal. Finally, the groups were told to say how much time they would give up the help someone and to reflect fake scenes. The group shown the organic foods was willing to give up less time assisting someone than the other groups, make the hypothesis possibly true. 
I believe the lab is logical becuase the hypothesis seems reasonable and truthful. Boasting does come out of something positive, like recieving a good grade or owning something no one else has. However, I think everyone judges someone at least once, becuase humans want to overpower someone, resulting in looking down at a person in a mean way. I think the lab is true, but I don't think organic foods is the cause to all cases.

"Music can change (the way we see) the world"

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Music always seems to bring comfort especially in dire situations. The author of the article describes when she broke up with her first love. Listening to "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses brought what the author said "solace and ...a bit of peace". Music may have the possibility of a person' way of seeing things visually. To test the hypothesis, scientists from the Netherlands last year gathered 43 teenagers. The young adults were told to look at a computer screen, where flashes of smiley faces and frowning faces appeared. The teenagers were told to respond To the flashing pictures whether if it was smiling or frowning, and was also told not to respond if the teenager couldn't make of the image. Each subject brought his or her own music, 15 minutes of sad music and 15 minutes of joyful music. The conclusion was that the subjects were more precise in recognizing smiley faces when listening to happy music and more accurate noticing frowning faces listening to sad music.

This can relate to our classroom setting because the researchers developed a hypothesis and then tested it to discover the conclusion. Similar to some of our labs, we find a hypothesis, predicting what would happen. Then, we test it, to see if the prediction is true. Sometimes the hypothesis is right, in some cases it is wrong. The outcome, or the conclusion determines whether the hypothesis is right. The researchers in the Netherlands tested their subjects accurately so the results were precise. Today, we need researchers to develop explanations for things that we don't know much about. It's the scientists that work hard into developing clarifications that help modernize our understandings of science.