Cognitive CS Flashcards
loftus and palmer (1974)
reconstruction of automobile destruction: interaction between memory and language (eyewitness testimony)
leading questions
questions phrased in a way suggesting the expected answer- distorting the original memory
grant et al (1998)
context-dependent memory
context-dependent memory
a state-dependent form of memory that makes things easier to recall if a person is in the same place during both memory encoding (or storage) and recall
moray (1959)
attention in dichotic listening
attention
the act of careful observing or listening
selective/focused attention
the act of focusing on a particular object for a period of time while simultaneously ignoring irrelevant information that is also occuring
cognitive attentional barrier
the sensory filter mechanism that early in the processing of information, selects only one channel of incoming sensory information and blocks off all others, allowing attention to be focused
divided attention as a method of studying attention
a dual-task technique where people are asked to attend and respond to both messages, deliberately dividing peoples attention
shadowing
process of repeating out loud words as they are being heard
dichotic listening
different messages are transmitted into each ear of a subject to test ‘selective attention’ or ability to concentrate on one message to the exclusion of the other
moray’s experiment 1
recall from unattended message and recognition test of shadowed passage
moray’s experiment 2
warning and affective/non-affective instructions before and/or during the passage
moray’s experiment 3
digits inserted into one/both messages and recall digits/answer questions about shadowed message
simons and chabris (1999)
inattentional blindness during dynamic events
