cognitive

• loftus and palmer

  eyewitness testimony
• what was lostus and palmers study considered as?

  laboratory experiment
• what was the independent variable in loftus and palmers study?

  the verb that was used in the critical question
• what was the dependent variable in loftus and palmers study?

  the speed estimate that was given in the questionnaire
• what were the five verbs used in loftus and palmers study?

  • smashed
  • bumped
  • collided
  • contacted
  • hit
• what was the response to seeing broken glass with each verb in loftus and palmers study?

  • smashed = 40.5
  • bumped = 38.1
  • collided = 39.3
  • contacted = 31.8
  • hit= 34.0
• what was a strength of loftus and palmers study?

  collected both quantitative and qualitative data
• weaknesses of loftus and palmers study?

  not representative of the population (students)

  ethnocentric
• grant


  context dependent memory
• grant - context dependent memory

  silent vs noisy study for an exam
• how were participants collected for grants study?

  snowball sampling
• what type of experiment was grants study

  laboratory experiment
• what were the independent variables for grants study?

  1. silent or noisy study
  2. matched or mismatched test
• how many participants were in grants study?

  39 participants
• what materials were used in grants study?

  headphones and cassette players playing a soundtrack of background noise from a cafeteria
• what were the different conditions in grants study?

  • Silent learning – Silent testing.
  • Noisy learning – Noisy testing.
  • Silent learning – Noisy testing.
  • Noisy learning – Silent testing.
• what were weaknesses of grants study?

  ethnocentric

  biases
• what were some of the results in grants study?

  short answer questions were answered better

  matched pairs got better results

  6.7 and 6.2
• moray

  auditory attention
• how many different tests were in morays study?

  three
• what was the IV and DV in the first test of moray?

  IV- dichotic listening test

  DV- number of words recognised

  (repeated measures design)
• what was the results from the first test of moray?

  the mean was 4.9/7 words
• what was the IV and DV in the second test of morays study?

  IV- there own name placed in the audio

  DV- the number of effective instructions

  (repeated measures design)
• how many people in Morays second study heard their own name?

  20 v 2
• what was the IV and DV in the third test of morays study?


  IV- numbers inserted in both ears

  DV- correctly reported digits

  (independent measures)
• whats a strength of Moray's study?

  it was a laboratory experiment
• what's a weakness of Moray's study?

  ethnocentric
• Simons and Chabris


  visual attention
• how many participants took part in Simons and Chabris study?

  228 participants
• what was the independent variable for simons and chabris study?

  • translucent or opaque video
  • hard or easy task
  • gorilla or umbrella women
  • black or white team
• what is the dependent variable in Simon and Chabris study?

  the number of participants who noticed the gorilla or umbrella woman
• how many participants remained after all extraneous variables were removed in simon and chabris study?

  192 participants
• how many participants noticed the umbrella or gorilla in simon and chabris study?

  54% of participants noticed
• strengths of simon and chabris study?

  extraneous variables were removed

  large sample size
• weaknesses of simon and chabris study?

  not generalisable of the whole population

  ethnocentric