1. FEAR By Minoli and Nishamini

2. DEVISING A QUESTION Question Used: Out of the Options Below, What Would be Your Worst Fear? -Speaking in Front of Crowds -Isolation -Heights/falling -The Dark -Death -Germs -Open Spaces -Confined Spaces -Failure -Getting Hurt Physically -Bugs/Insects -None -Other The survey was separated into two sections, Teenagers and Adults.

3. DEVISING A QUESTION Aim/Objective: Our aim was to find out which fear was the most popular among teenagers and adults. We wanted to separate the survey into two sections, Teenagers and Adults, because we wanted to compare how one age group may think differently to another.

4. OBTAINING THE DATA We obtained our data by surveying teenagers from different classes in school, and by surveying the public. We surveyed the public by asking people at shopping malls, libraries and at home. We ended up with a total of 362 teenagers and 449 adults. We surveyed using a simple graph with all the fears listed on one side, and two columns beside it where people, according to whether they were a ‘Teenager’ or ‘Adult’ could tally it.

5. OUR RESULTS FearsTeenagersAdults Speaking in Front of Crowds 4120 Isolation2540 Heights/Falling4643 The Dark2115 Death4656 Germs760 Open Spaces16 Confined Spaces1918 Failure4357 Getting Hurt Physically 5543 Bugs/Insects2245 None817 Other1319

6. ANALYSING THE DATA Our results were somewhat consistent. After looking at our survey’s results, we found out that ‘Getting Hurt Physically’ was one of the most common fears amongst teenagers, whereas ‘Germs’ was more popular amongst adults. We surveyed a total of 362 teenagers and 449 adults.

7. REPORTING AND PRESENTING OUR CONCLUSIONS We have drawn several conclusions from the data we have gathered: -Teenagers were mostly scared of Getting Hurt Physically, Death and Heights/Falling - Adults were mostly scared of Failure, Germs and Death. -Both Teenagers and Adults were scared of Death. -‘Germs’ got the least amount of tallies according to Teenagers. -‘The Dark’ got the least amount of tallies according to adults.

8. DISCUSSION AND SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS -We noticed a lot more people than we had first thought, chose the “Other” option which meant that we should have given more options. -We could’ve made our data even more accurate by substituting ‘Teenagers’ and ‘Adults’ to actual age groups. For example, 10 - 15, 16 - 21 and so forth. -We can see that from the results, different age groups are concerned about both similar and different things. Both age groups show that they’re scared of death. This is interesting as this tells you that death may be a huge thing in society today, and although it may not be thought about frequently, it is still a part of people’s lives today. -Germs are not considered as a great threat to teenagers, but according to the survey, it is one of the top fears coming from adults. This is quite stereotypical as children, are considered quite dirty and unhygienic compared to the average adult.