Moray 2 Flashcards
What was the aim
To find out if there are circumstances under which the rejected or unattended message to break through the block could an uneffective cue penetrate the block .
What was the independent variable?
Weather instructions had their name in it
What is the dependent variable ?
Number of instructions recognised
What was the design ?
Laboratory, repeated measures
What was the sample ?
12 participants
What was the procedure ?
Participants shadowed 10 short passages of light fiction in one year and they also had 10 short passages in the other ear. At the same time. They were told that aim was the score as few mistakes as possible at the start. There were instructions given in the unattended and some was with the participants name
Results ?
Affective instructions heard = 20/39
Unaffective= 4/36
Conclusion ?
Messages that are important to us can penetrate the block that comes from rejecting the other message or messages or process on an unconscious level