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The Physical and Emotional Effects that Horror Movies have on Humans
Allie ReavesChesapeake Bay Governor’s School Glenns CampusSlide2
Something to ponder
How does the body react physically and emotionally to fear?What do we enjoy about watching horror movies?Slide3
Speculations
Human Nature:Munera
and Venatio Shows in Roman ColiseumPhysical Reactions:Laughter (Halloween, Horror Novels, Share Scary Stories)AdrenalineSlide4
Speculations
Not all enjoy being scared:Triggers Memories
Human InstinctsLearn about the “enemy”Slide5
Project
Survey used to see if movie triggered reactionBefore, during and after the movie feelings and heart beats per minute
Increased heart rate means adrenaline has rushed through the bodySlide6
Hypotheses and Variables
With respect to the mean emotional reactions to the movie:H
o= Scary movies will have no effect on human emotions.Ha= Scary movies will affect human emotions by their reactions toward to the movie.With respect to the mean physical reactions to the movie:Ho
= Scary movies will have no physical effect on the human heart rate.
H
a
= Scary movies will make humans react physically through a changed heat rate
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Variables
Independent: chosen
movies
and pause times
Dependent: resulting number of heartbeats and feelingsSlide7
Materials
Movies within the acceptable genresStopwatch
Survey and pencil
“Before” section
“After” section
“During” sectionSlide8
Method
Before:Record heartbeat and feeling
Fill out “before” section in surveyDuring:Pause movie after 60 minutesRecord heartbeat and feelingContinue movieAfter:Record heartbeat and feelingFill out “after” section in survey
“After” sectionSlide9
resultsSlide10
results
Average Heartbeat of ages 0-20:
p-value=0.5
Average Heartbeat of ages 21+
p-value= 0.8Slide11
Conclusion and other studies
The null hypotheses can be rejected.
As people watch scary movies, depending on their mood, their heart rate will either increase or decrease.Other studies:Computer ProgramsTest cases like this one but with 182 people and 40 different horror filmsWays to make this project better:Group Session (witness and record)
Reduce the amount of questions (some were irrelevant)Slide12
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Mrs. Beam, Mr. Freedman, Ms. Luek, and Mrs. Pettyjohn
for helping me with my project. I would also like to thank my family and friends as well as the students of CBGS for their help and support of my project.Slide13
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