Notably, students standing alone perceived the hill slant as steeper and thought it would be harder to climb while carrying the weighted pack.
While the students may have had the impression they were going to have to climb the hill, the researchers simply asked them to estimate how steep the climb would be. Some students were by themselves others were walking in pairs.Įach student was given a backpack filled with weights equal to about 20 percent of their body weight. In an unusual experiment, researchers stood at the base of a steep hill (a 26 degree incline) on the university campus and asked 34 students as they walked by to help them in an experiment.
How powerful is friendship? Researchers at the University of Virginia wanted to find out whether friendship influences how we approach the challenges of daily life.
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