Shira Gabriel and Ariana F. Young (2011) conducted a study to test various hypotheses. This article will mainly focus on one hypothesis which is the narrative collective assimilation hypothesis. The narrative collective assimilation hypothesis states that individuals have a strong desire to belong to a group of people and assimilate to different characteristics when they feel lonely or even to fit in with their collective. This study was conducted using 140 undergraduate students at the University at Buffalo, 72 of whom were men and 68 of whom were women. The way the groups were assigned was based on a collective and relational self-construal scale that students had taken at the beginning of the semester. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay This study used an experimental research method because it involved the manipulation of an independent variable and the measurement of a dependent variable. The dependent variable in this experiment was participants' responses to the different books. One of the independent variables in the study was the type of book the participants were given. It had two levels: they were given Twilight (Meyer, 2005) or Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling, 1999). Participants were told to read a few chapters of each book. For Twilight, they were told to read chapter 13 which is the chapter where the vampire Edward describes to Bella what being a vampire is like. Those who have read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone have been told to read chapter 7, which is the chapter where Harry and his friends are placed in specific "houses". Participants were allowed to advance to the next part of the experiment after they finished reading the assigned chapter or after reading for a total of 30 minutes. After participants completed their readings or a certain amount of time passed, they were able to move to the next part of the experiment. Participants were then asked to complete an implicit association test also known as the IAT. This test was used to assess participants' identification with vampires or wizards. Participants completed two blocks each consisting of 40 trials. In the first block they had to classify the words “me”, the words “wizard”, the words “not me” and the words “vampire”. The words “I” and “wizard” used the same answer key while the words “not I” and “vampire” used a different answer key. During the second block participants simply had to respond as quickly and accurately as possible. The researchers predicted that participants who read Harry Potter chapters would respond faster to the words “I” and “wizard,” while those who read Twilight would respond faster to the words “I” and “vampire.” After the two blocks, the researchers administered a measure of collective assimilation that they decided to call the “Twilight/Harry Potter Narrative Collective Assimilation Scale.” This involved asking three rare questions intended to gauge the collective assimilation of both Harry Potter and Twilight. The final procedure of the study involved participants completing a transportation scale that measured participants' experience of being involved in a story. Data for this study was collected in person. The narrative-collective hypothesis was confirmed by the results of this study. Participants who read the assigned chapter of Twilight identified themselves as vampires while participants who read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone identified themselves as wizards. In general.