Pozzulo PROCEDURE

Question 1

What materials were used?

Answer 1

Videos
Simultaneous photo arrays
Demographic and cartoon watching form.

Question 2

Human face targets..?

Answer 2

1 white male
1 white female

Question 3

Cartoon face targets…?

Answer 3

Dora
Go Diego Go

Question 4

How long were the videos?

Answer 4

6 seconds

Question 5

How long was the targets face shown in the videos?

Answer 5

2-3 seconds

Question 6

What did the video clip show for the human targets?

Answer 6

White female brushing her hair.
White male putting on his coat.
(Mundane activities)

Question 7

Did the videos have colour or sound?

Answer 7

The videos were in colour with no sounds.

Question 8

Describe the photos for the human targets?

Answer 8

2 human targets were photographed wearing different clothes from the video.
Cropped from the top of shoulders
4 foils

Question 9

Describe the photos of the cartoon targets?

Answer 9

• Still images (cropped to only include the characters face?) of the 2 cartoon targets
• 4 foils
• 3 raters judged the similarity of 10 cartoons and chose 4 of the most similar.

Question 10

How were the foils chosen for human target condition?

Answer 10

3 raters chose the foils for their similarity to the targets (hair length, colour)

Question 11

How were the foils chosen for cartoon target condition?

Answer 11

3 raters judged the similarity of 10 cartoons and chose some that were most similar (facial features, hair length, colour)

Question 12

How much foils were in the target present line ups?

Answer 12

3 foils

Question 13

How much foils were in the target absent line ups?

Answer 13

4 foils

Question 14

How were the line ups shown to ppts?

Answer 14

As a simultaneous array

Question 15

Examples of randomisation

Answer 15

The position of each target in the line up was randomised .
The videos were presented in a random order

Question 16

Examples of counterbalancing

Answer 16

In target absent line ups the 4th foil was located in the same position as the original target.

Question 17

How much videos did each ppt watch?

Answer 17

4 videos
(Cartoon/ human either absent or present) followed by a line up task

Question 18

Videos and photoarrays were presented on…

Answer 18

13 inch screens

Question 19

Ethics- procedure (children)

Answer 19

Parents given written consent form
Briefed- Uni project on
Ongoing monitoring of their fatigue, anxiety and stress to protect them from harm.

Question 20

Ethics- procedure (adults)

Answer 20

Given a consent form
Briefed- study on memory

Question 21

What was the filler question asked to all ppts?

Answer 21

What did the cartoon/person look like?

Question 22

The children were asked non specific probing questions. What was the question?

Answer 22

Do you remember anything else/ anything from the video?

Question 23

After the initial recall filler questions, the adults were asked…?

Answer 23

Do you remember anything else about the cartoon/person?

Question 24

What instructions were all ppts given?

Answer 24

Please look at the photos.
The person/cartoon may/may not be here.
If you see the person/cartoon please point to the photo.
If you don’t see the person/cartoon, please point to this box. (Blank silhouette)

Question 25

IV?

Answer 25

Age (IMD)
Line up type (RMD)
Level of cognitive demand (RMD)

Question 26

DV?

Answer 26

Correct identification in target-present line ups. Correct rejections in target- present line ups.

Question 27

Procedure for adults

Answer 27

Prep:
- Given consent forms. Briefed (study about memory). Told to pay attention. Instructed. Filler and probing questions. Records responses on matching sheet.

Question 28

Procedure for children

Answer 28

Prep
-Parents given consent forms. 3 female experimenters went into the children’s school (smart-casual clothes). Briefed. Could withdraw consent at any time and wouldn’t be in trouble. Did some craft activities

Experimental
Children tested individually. Asked to pay attention, filler questions, instructions, responses recorded.

Question 29

Aims

Answer 29

• To investigate whether correct identifications and false positive responses are more influenced by social rather than cognitive abilities.

Question 30

Why were the photos on black and white?

Answer 30

The bright colours of the cartoon character would become the focus of recognition rather than the character’s identity

Question 31

Why did the 3 female experimenters wear professional causal clothing (blouse, sweater, dress pants)?

Answer 31

Avoid influencing the children’s responses through social pressure by the suggestion of authority.

Question 32

Recall filler question

Answer 32

What did the cartoon character/Person look like?

Question 33

Sample- adults

Answer 33

53
17-30
Recruited from the IPPP at Ontario University.
IPPP= Introductory psych participant pool

Question 34

Sample- children

Answer 34

59
4-7
Recruited from (pre/ kindergarten) classes in 3 private schools in Ontario Canada

Question 35

Demographic and cartoon watching form

Answer 35

Demographic form: 8 questions on age, gender, primarily lang etc.
Cartoon watching form: Amount of time spent watching cartoons per week