Dog In CostumeBy: Ella Johnson andRachel Penners

Question If we walked our two dogs with

costumes on, would they get more reactions from people?

Abstract We knew that most people love dogs

and would think they were cute if they had costumes on. We were wondering if more people would react with costumes or not.

Hypothesis If we walked our dogs with the

costumes, then we’d get more people to notice our dogs and react.

Experimental Procedure Sunday, April 22 at 11:45 We walked them around in the Rose

Garden by Lake Harriet. Whenever we saw someone walking,

biking, driving, etc. We counted if people would smile, laugh or comment when they looked at our dogs.

Controlled Variable We walked our dogs without the

costumes for 15 minutes to see how many people would react.

Experimental Variable We walked our dog with the costumes

for 15 minutes to see how many people would react.

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Quantitative Data

Minutes Reactions with costume

Reactions without costume

15 18 15

Conclusion Our hypothesis was correct because

people have been habituated to seeing dogs, but not dogs with costumes. However, it was barely right because during the without costumes part, the Golden Retriever, Daisy, ran into the street and many cars had to stop for her.

Further Research We could walked them in a different

area and see how different groups react. We could test how people react to

seeing people in costumes. It is related to classical conditioning

because people associate seeing dogs in costumes with something interesting or unusual happening.