Cognitive

Question 1

Moray - What is Dichotic listening Task?

Answer 1

When the subject is presented with different messages from the right and left ear simultaneously

Question 2

Outline one similarity comparing Grant and Loftus & Palmer

Answer 2

• L&P and G +
  -One similarity is the Data used (1)
  -Both studies generate quantitative data (1)
  -For Loftus & Palmer, it was the data to response to the speed estimation of the car and/ or if they saw broken glass (1)
  -For grant the quantitative data was the mean score of the test in the matched and mismatched conditions (1)

Question 3

Outline one difference between Grant and Loftus & Palmer

Answer 3

*L&P and G -
-One difference is the impact of the studies (1)
-One impacts how we look at law worldwide, while the other only impacts education (1)
For Loftus & Palmer, it impacts all work with police and court investigations, so eye-witness testimonies an be used more in our favour (1)
-For Grant, it only impacts classrooms for a better understanding of the best environment for students

Question 4

Grant - What is context-dependent memory

Answer 4

It’s the ability to recall pieces of information when contextual clues relating to the environment are the same during decoding and retrieval

Question 5

Outline one similarity between Moray’s study on auditory attention and Simons and Chabris’ study on visual inattention

Answer 5

-Both used standardized procedures (1)
-For Moray 1st exp, all participants shadowed the same prose message and all heard the 35 words in the rejected message(1)
-In Simons and Chabris, the members of each team passed an orange basketball in standardized order: player 1 to payer 2 to player 3 and to player 4. (1)
-Due to standardized procedures, the research should produce consistents findings over time