https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei Made with sadness en-us 2018-04-13 16:44:19 UTC 2024-10-15 23:12:01 UTC hello@padlet.com nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251641996 Does having a cat make you more depressed? ]]> 2018-04-13 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251641996 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251642432 100 people who report feelings of depression]]> 2018-04-13 16:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251642432 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251642867 All units are volunteers in the United States. Not specific to any state, racial background, social/economic status, etc. ]]> 2018-04-13 16:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251642867 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251643994 One group will receive cats
One group will receive dogs
One group will receive nothing ]]> 2018-04-13 16:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251643994 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251644517 Cat, dog, no treatment]]> 2018-04-13 16:52:41 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251644517 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251644933 Reported feelings of depression after treatment ]]> 2018-04-13 16:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251644933 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251645343 Family life, social/economic status, location, level of feelings of depression, job, racial background, pet history ]]> 2018-04-13 16:54:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251645343 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251646012 Units who do not receive an animal, that way the person who does the experiment can see if time plays a role in improving sadness and depression. ]]> 2018-04-13 16:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251646012 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251647414 Volunteers receiving the treatment are unaware of the intentions of placing an animal in their home. Researcher who gathers the before and after levels of depression are unaware of which treatment the patient receives. ]]> 2018-04-13 16:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251647414 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251647979 This will rule out the possibility of being a “cat or dog person”. Each unit will spend a certain amount of time with a dog and then a certain amount of time with a cat. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251647979 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251648619 100 people; 10%—a large margin of error. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:02:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251648619 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251649235 After the crossover design is completed and the results are gathered, the same experiment is done again, with a different 100 people to ensure confidence in the outcome. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251649235 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251649907 After the experient, the patients who received a dog reported an average of a 74% reduction in depression levels. Those who received a cat reported feeling on average 98% more depressed than before. There was a 4% improvement in the average depression levels of those who received no treatment. The second experimental units reported an average of a 76% reduction in depression levels with dogs, 97% increase of depression levels with cats, and 1% increase in depression levels with no treatment. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251649907 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251651622 Cats make people more depressed. Studies show that having a cat worsens feelings of depression and sadness within a person. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251651622 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251651959 Experimentor: Neva 
Producer: Neva 
Researcher: Neva
Total budget: $1,000
Neva’s Salary: $1,000
All dogs and cats involved in the experiment were rescue animals from a shelter that trains the animals before the animals were claimed. Volunteers are not paid, and are forced to take full financial responsibility of the animal during the experimental period. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251651959 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251654919 2018-04-13 17:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251654919 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251655078 2018-04-13 17:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251655078 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251655307 The outcome of this experiment proved that domestic cats should not be allowed to exist any longer as they are the reason for increasing reports of depression within American society. ]]> 2018-04-13 17:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251655307 nlpha483 https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251657908 2018-04-13 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nlpha483/lcy34y2vygei/wish/251657908