By Chanel Kennedy
My name is Chanel Kennedy and I am here to
show you my findings.
I am 12 years old (Year 7) and attend Lincroft
Middle School…
The main reason I decided to look into
Animal testing is because I feel very
strongly that it is not fair and I was curious
to find out if people shared my view.
However, I have not let my personal opinion
interfere with my research.
My data is represented in charts and graphs
and occasionally images- I found my data by
handing out surveys and carrying out an
observation.
The majority of my results are anti-animal
testing but many also said that it was a benefit
for Science.
I started out by choosing my research question
and then started to design a questionnaire; I
then handed this out to a class of
approximately 30 students. I also performed an
observation of a different class’ reactions to a
PowerPoint presentation…
Before I carried out my research I made a
prediction concerning my results- I guessed
that people’s reactions were going to be slightly
differing when they are presented with
emotional or practical questions…
What I mean by rational responses is that
people were thinking logically and that there
was no obstruction in their thinking. What I
mean by this is that there were no images or
leading questions to guide them to an answer
that is not their own…
Everyday, thousands of humans are saved
from painful and fatal diseases. For example;
Babies like this are saved as
well as the families they belong
too…
How many students
said…
Answers…
This bar graph is to show what people think about animal testing and my
data shows that the majority of those questioned shared a view of anti-animal
testing, but…
When answering the questionnaire many
participants shared a view of Animal Testing
being a benefit to science. Some answers were
along the lines of,
‘If the testing is necessary and helps us,
humans then it is a benefit to science.’
This answer was repeated several times in
varying forms.
‘I don’t think it’s good because it hurts animals,
but also it can be good for Science because it
saves a lot of lives…’
Most responses are one-sided but this is a twosided answer and shows both sides of the
Animal Testing issue.
Please may I see a show of
hands for those who believe
Animal Testing is a benefit to
Science…
These were the Rational
Responses- however those
presented with a presentation came
to a very different opinion…
These were in the form of
Emotional Responses…
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This is only one
of the images
that 7B1 were
presented
with…
By emotional responses I mean that people
were swayed in their thinking, in this case, via
images.
The images triggered an emotional response
which meant that the responses weren’t
particularly reliable. However in this case they
were.
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‘Oh My God, what did they do to its ears!’
‘Is it a rabbit?’
There was also a lot of gasps…
‘Is it wearing a hat?’
‘Eeeeew!’
Now please may I see a show of
hands for those who think Animal
testing is cruel…
To summarise, my research has shown the
difference between rational and emotional
responses. When you are thinking clearly and
have no obstacles you come up with a very
different response to when you have something
that sparks some emotion standing in your
way…
Does anyone have any
questions…?