Gilchrist And Nesberg Study Of Motivation(p1) Flashcards
What was the aim of the study
To see how motivation affects perception
What was the method
Done in a lab
-half the participants were not given food for 20 hours(hungry group)
-other half of participants had food
(Control group)
-they were shown an image of food then the image disappeared…they were then told to adjust the brightness of image
What were the results
Control group-they made the brightness slightly different to actual brightness
Hungry group-made the image brighter
What did Gilchrizt and nesberg conclude
Motivation affects perception
Evaluate gilchrist and nesbergs study
Neg-cant represents everyone as participants were of similar age
Pos- study was done in a lab which removes extraneous variables
Pos- study is replicable as it was controlled
Pos-valid as participants were hungry
