Psychology Case Studies

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  • Created by: Ryan Heng
  • Created on: 30-04-13 10:14

Schemas

Palmer(1975)

Aim: Whether context affects perception

Procedure

  • 64 students were shown visual scenes, like a kitchen for 2 seconds
  • They were then briefly shown an object and asked to identify it
  • They were either shown an appropriate context+object
  • Inappropriate context+similar object
  • Inappropriate context+different object
  • No Context at all

Results: Participants correctly identified the most objects after seeing an appropriate context and least after seeing an inappropriate context.

Conclusion: Context affects perception

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Evaluation

Strengths

  •  Each participant saw the context for the same amount of time, hence improving accuracy of the experiment. 
  • Participants were give instructions so they knew exactly what they had to do

Weaknessess

  •    Participants were told what they had to be doing, they may have tried harder
  •  Some data couldn't be used, meaning there was less results
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