Simon and Chabris

Question 1

sample

Answer 1

228 ‘observers’ P’s

Question 2

aim/hypothesis

Answer 2

in attentional blindness occurs in a realistic complex situation

Question 3

type of experiment

Answer 3

laboratory, independent measures

Question 4

independent variables

Answer 4

easy or hard task, opaque or transparent, hollis or umbrella woman, white or black team

Question 5

brief procedure

Answer 5

team of 21 experimenters
P’s tested individually, informed about the clips, should count no.b passes between one of the teams

between 44-48 secs the unexpected event happened
4 video tapes created (same day, same actors, location etc)

Question 6

results

Answer 6

54% of P’s saw unexpected event (based on 192 P’s, 36 omitted due to loosing count etc)

less likely to see unexpected event in transparent video

Question 7

ethical guidelines

Answer 7

highly ethical

Question 8

link to area

Answer 8

investigates selective attention by trying to find out if an unexpected event in our visual field may be entirely missed if focused on something else

Question 9

link to key theme

Answer 9

not all info available to us in our visual field is processed

Question 10

how were P’s obtained

Answer 10

self selecting sample, volunteers