Moray

Question 1

aim/hypothesis

Answer 1

investigate factors that can effect attention in dichotic listening

Question 2

experiment 1

Answer 2

sample: undergraduate students
procedure: list of simple words spoken 35 times as the blocked message, P’s asked to randomly recall as many words as they could
results: 49 (mean no.b recognised words)

Question 3

experiment 2

Answer 3

sample: 12 P’s
procedure: 2 passages heard in one ear then the other containing instructions. both passages read at a steady male voice
results: no.b times instructions were heard (affective) 51% (non affective) 11%

Question 4

experiment 3

Answer 4

sample: 2 groups of 14 P’s
procedure: asked to shadow a dichotic message (variety e.g numbers in shadowed message)
results: in significant result found, persons name can break through the block not numbers

Question 5

ethical considerations

Answer 5

very ethical

Question 6

link to area

Answer 6

investigated what type of unattended material could break through the attentional barrier

Question 7

link to key theme

Answer 7

confirms very little info can be perceived from an unattended message