Cognitive Area

Question 1

What Does Schema theory propose in Loftus and Palmer?

Answer 1

Memory is influenced by what an individual already knows

Question 2

What was the research method in Loftus and Palmers Experiment 1and 2?

Answer 2

Laboratory experiment using an independent measures design

Question 3

What was the IV and DV in Loftus and Palmers experiment 1?

Answer 3

IV: The wording of the critical question.
DV: the estimated speed given by the participants

Question 4

What was the dv in Loftus and Palmers experiment 2?

Answer 4

If participants saw any smashed glass

Question 5

What was the sample for loftus and palmers experiment 1?

Answer 5

45 students were divided into 5 groups of 9

Question 6

What was the sample for Loftus and Palmers experiment 2?

Answer 6

150 students were divided into 3 groups of 50.

Question 7

What were the 5 verbs used in Loftus and Palmers experiment 1?

Answer 7

Hit
Smashed
Collided
Contacted
Bumped

Question 8

What were the 2 verbs used in Loftus and Palmers experiment 2?

Answer 8

Smashed
Hit

Question 9

What was a key finding of Loftus and Palmers experiment 1?

Answer 9

smashed produced the fastest speed estimation and contacted received the lowest.

Question 10

What was a key finding in Experiment 2?

Answer 10

The majority in each group correctly recalled they had seen no broken glass

Question 11

What is a possible conclusion in Loftus and Palmer?

Answer 11

The verb used in a question can influence someones response.

Question 12

What does Context-dependent memory refer to?

Answer 12

Improved recall of information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same.

Question 13

What was the research method for Grant?

Answer 13

Laboratory experiment using independent measures designs.

Question 14

What were the IVs in Grant?

Answer 14

1. weather the participant read the article in noisy or silent conditions
2. weather the participant was tested in matched or unmatched conditions.

Question 15

What was the DV in Grant?

Answer 15

The participants performance on the multiple choice test and the sort answer test.

Question 16

What was the sample for Grant?

Answer 16

39 participants whos age ranged from 17-56. 17 were female and 23 male.

Question 17

What were the key findings for Grant?

Answer 17

there was no overall effect of noise on performance

Question 18

What was a possible conclusion for Grant?

Answer 18

Studying and testing in the same environment leads to enhanced performance

Question 19

What is a theory for Morays study?

Answer 19

Attention has a selective nature

Question 20

What was the research method for Moray?

Answer 20

All laboratory experiments as they all had an IV and DV

Question 21

What was the Research method for Morays experiment 1?

Answer 21

• repeated measures designs
  Iv’s: listening test and recognition test
  dv: number of words recognised correctly in the rejected message

Question 22

What was the research method for Morays Experiment 2?

Answer 22

• used repeated measures design
• iv- weather or not instructions were prefixed by the participants own name
• DV- the number of affective instructions

Question 23

What was the research method for Morays experiment 3?

Answer 23

• used an independent measures design
  -IV- weather digits were inserted in both messages or one- weather participants had to answer questions about the shadowed message at the end.
  DV- number of digits correctly reported

Question 24

What was the sample for Moray?

Answer 24

undergraduates of both sexes.
no number in experiment 1
12 in experiment 2
2 groups of 14 in experiment 3

Question 25

What did Morays experiment 1 consist of?

Answer 25

a short list of simple words were presented in one ear and a shadowed prose message in the other. the word list was repeated 35 times. They were then asked to repeat all they could from the list.

Question 26

What did Morays experiment 2 consist of?

Answer 26

Participants shadowed 10 short passages.

Question 27

What does Morays Experiment 3 consist of?

Answer 27

Shown 1 of 2 dichotic messages.. numbers in the message was varied throughout.

Question 28

What was a possible conclusion of moray study?

Answer 28

Important messages such as someone's name can penetrate the block.

Question 29

What is the research method for Simon and Chabris?

Answer 29

Primary laboratory experiment that used an independent measures design.

Question 30

What were the 4 IVs in Simon and Chabris?

Answer 30

1. The transparent/umbrella women conditions 2. The transparent/gorilla conditions 3. The opaque/umbrella woman conditions 4. The opaque Gorilla conditions

Question 31

How many individual conditions was there in Simon and Chabris?

Answer 31

16

Question 32

What was the DV in Simon and Chabris?

Answer 32

number of participants in each of the 16 conditions who noticed the unexpected event

Question 33

What were the materials used in Simon and Chabris?

Answer 33

4 videos lasting 75 seconds

Question 34

What was the sample for Simon and Chabris?

Answer 34

228 participants- almost all undergraduate students. each volunteered of received a large candy bar for participating.

Question 35

What ethical consideration does Simon and Chabris follow?

Answer 35

Participants were debriefed after the study

Question 36

What was the key findings from Simon and Chabris?

Answer 36

54% noticed the unexpected event and 46% didnt.

Question 37

What is a possible conclusion for Simon and Chabris?

Answer 37

Individuals have a sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events