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Package 2 Graphing:

Jumping height, Beef or Chicken, and Strawberries or Blueberries

Chanel Holt

Department of Psychology and Counseling, McNeese State University

PSYC 305 Psychology of Learning

Dr. Joanna Thompson Ph. D

January 18, 2024

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Jumping Height

In this experiment, we will be recording the jump height of a cat over fifteen attempts—

first Start by selecting a quiet, familiar, and safe space for your cat to jump. The environment

must be free of distractions and potential hazards. A living room or a bedroom could be ideal.

Make sure the floor is soft enough to cushion any falls and there's enough space for the cat to

move freely.

Then the cat must be motivated to jump using treats or toys, only one can choose to

maintain consistency throughout the process. Accurate recording of each jump is essential,

requiring a marked wall and a high-speed camera. The marked wall allows precise measurement

of the jump's height, while the high-speed camera ensures capturing the entire jump sequence for

analysis. To initiate the experiment, a toy with a feather is introduced. The toy is dangled at the

same height for each recorded attempt, promoting consistent jumps. After each jump, the cat is

given time to rest. This is to ensure that fatigue doesn't affect the results. The rest period should

be long enough for your cat to recover, but not so long that they lose interest in the toy. The cat

will repeat this until 15 jumps are recorded.

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Figure 2

Recorded Jump Heights

Jumping height
100
90
80
70
Height (in)

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Jump attempt #

Note. The cat improved in height with nearly every jump.

The data presented on the graph in Figure 2 shows a steady increasing trend meaning the

height of the jump got higher, showing improvement with each attempt by the cat. The

variability of the data is quite low, meaning while there is a noticeable slight increase in jump

height, the increase is slight across each attempt.

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Beef or Chicken

In this experiment, a cat is presented with a bowl of beef or chicken treats in two separate

phases each and it is recorded how many of each treat the cat eats in each phase. Each phase

consists of 3, 15-minute intervals with each treat flavor twice. Therefore, the cat is going to be

presented with each treat bowl twice for 45 minutes each (15-minute intervals) as shown in

Figure 3.

To begin, the cat is placed in a comfortable room with one bowl of beef-flavored treats

with a timer set for 45 minutes. After 15 minutes the number of treats consumed so far is

recorded until 45 minutes is up. The cat can rest for a few hours before being presented with the

chicken-flavored treats, which the process will repeat. This will be done one more time for each

flavor treat so that we have two data sets for each flavor.

Figure 3

Record of Beef and Chicken Treats Consumed in Phases

# of treats eaten per interval

Beef or Chicken treats

9
beef 1 chicken 1 beef 2 chicken 2
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

15 minuete intervals
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Note. By observing the graph, beef seems to be the most favored by the cat.

For Beef 1 and 2 the leveling is presented much higher as opposed to Chicken 1 and 2

which looks more moderate to low. So, it can be concluded that the cat prefers beef-flavored

treats a bit more over chicken flavored. A zero trend seems to be presented in this graph, the

points are up and down showing no clear increase or decrease. The variability is quite high

across the graph given the points are up and down as the flavor of the treats tends to change as

well.

Favorite fruit

In this experiment, a monkey is presented with two types of fruit at the same time for 10

minutes throughout ten trials. The monkey will be presented with a bowl of strawberries and a

bowl of blueberries at the same time for ten minutes at a time. It is then recorded how many

strawberries and blueberries the monkey eats within that time frame. This will happen for ten

attempts to collect data.

First, the monkey will be placed inside a comfortable room to be observed safely. Then

two separate bowls containing the same number of strawberries and blueberries will be placed in

the room with the monkey. Then, a timer for ten minutes will start and at the end of the timer, it
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will be recorded how many fruits the monkey consumed. The monkey will be given several hour

breaks in between each session to ensure a healthy appetite.

Figure 4

Number of Strawberries and Blueberries a Monkey Eats in 10 Ten-Minute Sessions.

Favorite fruit
9
8
7
# of fruit pieces eaten

6
5 Blueberries
4
Strawberries
3
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

# of trials

Note. By observing the graph one can conclude that the monkey has more of a liking for

strawberries as opposed to blueberries.

The leveling of strawberries seems to be quite high but it does have a couple of low

points. The blueberries have a moderate to low leveling on the graph. Both berries share a Zero

trend because the data points on the graph do not show an increase or decrease as they are a bit

all over the place. The variability is very high in the strawberry data showing data points going

up and down showing less predictability. The variability for blueberry data is more moderate as

opposed to the strawberries but still unpredictable.

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Data for Figure 2: Data for Figure 3:

5
Jump
6
Height Cumulative
6
4
7 7
3
5 12
2
7 19 8
4 22 6
3 25 8
8 33 5
6 39 4
6 45 5
7 52 Beef/Chicken
4 56
6 62
8 70
9 79
6 85
5 90

Data for Figure 4:

Strawberries/Blueberries

Fs Fb
3 8
2 6
4 8
5 6
3 5
5 3
2 8
5 2
4 7
2 8