Please write the following in APA format only for the method section on the rubric:
Research question – does laughter contagion depend upon gender composition??
Variables – gender,
Operational dResearefinitions
Laughter – one or more exhalations of air
need to define “contagion”person A laughs and person B laughs closely thereafter?? Capture what we said ibn class
What did the articles reveal??
Research will only be conducted with pairs – opposite-presenting, two women presenting, two man presenting – number of times contagious laughter occurs in three minutes.
Good locations – malls, food courts, quiet settings, campus, potentially student center.
Have to be able to see their face. Potentially use sunglasses to diminish cues
Pretend to be engagedengage din another activity- laptop, reading, code only while sitting down. After targeting the pair ,sit within 6 feet of the targets.
Method details?
Participants?
Materials
Procedure – (start with operational definitions)