Simon And Chabris

Question 1

Design ?

Answer 1

laboratory with independent measures design

Question 2

What was the independent variable ?

Answer 2

Whether the participants saw the transparent umbrella, woman film, the transparent, gorilla, found the opaque woman film all the gorilla opaque

Question 3

What was the dependent variable ?

Answer 3

The number of participants who noticed the unexpected event

Question 4

Materials ?

Answer 4

For videotapes lasting 75 seconds unexpected event occurred at 44 to 48 seconds into the video.

Question 5

Sample ?

Answer 5

228 participants all undergraduates

Question 6

Procedure ?

Answer 6

All participants were tested alone, the experiment as follows standardised procedures. Each participant only saw one videotape they were told to keep a silent mental count of the total number of passage made by that attended team. Easy condition, or separate silent. Mental count of the number of bounce passes an hour passes made by the attended tea in the hard task.

Question 7

Results ?

Answer 7

54% noticed the unexpected event

Question 8

Conclusion .

Answer 8

Individuals fail to notice an ongoing obvious unexpected event if they are engage in a primary monitoring task .