Cognition Test

Question 1

Neisser & Harsch (1992)

Answer 1

Aimed to study memory accuracy of the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion; questioned 24 hrs and 2.5 yrs after; participants were confident, but 40% of memory had been distorted; other information must have seeped in altering the memories.

Question 2

Yuille & Cutshall (1986)

Answer 2

Aimed to study whether leading questions would affect the memory of an eyewitness; 13 interviewed around 4 months after a real crime; asked 2 leading Q’s among others; they had no effect; the activation of emotional memory is more reliable; biological examples confirm this (through the amygdala.)

Question 3

Rosser et al. (2007)

Answer 3

Studied laparoscopic surgeons & video gaming; found that those who played video games for > 3 hrs a week made 37% fewer errors and were 27% faster; EVALUATION - correlation doesn’t = causation.

Question 4

Rosen et al. (2011)

Answer 4

Students watched videotaped lectures; they received small, medium or large numbers of text messages requiring a response; those who responded immediately did worse on exams; those who waited did better (knwon as response delay).