Simons And Chabris

Question 1

Aim of simons and chabris

Answer 1

To build on precious research into divided visual attention and to further investigate in-attentional blindness

Question 2

Simon and chabris ppts

Answer 2

192 results used out of 228 ps
Almost all students
Incentivised with large candy bar, nothing or fee for doing multiple studies

Question 3

Simon and chabris sampling

Answer 3

Volunteer for payment/no payment/ candy bar

Question 4

Simon and chabris procedure

Answer 4

Ps watched 75 second vid of basket ball game and told to count passes of a white or black team. After 44-48 seconds an unexpected event would occur for 5 seconds.
A tall woman with an umbrella would walk across the screen left to right
Or a short gorilla costume would walk across left to right
Ps asked to write down no. Of passes and if they noticed anything unusual/anything else than the players/ or a gorilla or woman?
If yes they had to provide details
They were debriefed

Question 5

4 IVS of simons and chabris

Answer 5

Easy vs hard
White vs black team
Transparent vs opaque
Gorilla vs umbrella

Question 6

Simon and chabris results

Answer 6

46 % did not see the unexpected event

Question 7

Simon and chabris conc

Answer 7

People will not notice an unexpected event when attending to other stimuli