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6. Which of these was the combination of unexpected event conditions?

  • Man in a white suit, Woman pushing a pushchair
  • Umbrella Lady, Gorilla
  • Gorilla, Woman pushing a pushchair
  • Umbrella Lady, Man in a white suit

7. What was the Research Method?

  • Controlled Observation
  • Correlational Analysis
  • Laboratory Experiment
  • Field Experiment

8. Which of these wasn't a conclusion of Simons and Chabris?

  • The difficulty of the task has little effect on inattentional blindness
  • Objects can pass through the visual field, and still not be noticed if not attended to.
  • Inattentional blindness occurs more in the case of superimposition
  • Observers are more likely to notice unexpected events if they are similar to the events that they are paying attention to

9. Which of these was the hard condition?

  • Being asked to keep a silent mental count
  • Counting the number of bounce passes and aerial passes
  • Following the black-shirts
  • The non-opaque condition

10. How long did the videos last?

  • It varied between videos
  • 60 seconds
  • 75 seconds
  • 90 seconds
  • 85 second

11. Which of these wasn't a reason that observers' data was discarded?

  • They were counting the passes between the wrong people
  • They lost count of the passes
  • They had heard of inattentional blindness

12. What type of data was collected?

  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Both qualitative and quantitative
  • Mainly quantitative with a little qualitative

13. Which of these was an ethical issue raised?

  • Exposure to potentially psychologically harmful videos
  • None
  • Lack of debriefing
  • The observers were unable to watch the video after the study, leading to frustration and a lack of trust

14. What was in the video?

  • Two teams of 3 players each, one with white t-shirts and one with black t-shirts. They passed a basketball to those in their own team.
  • Two teams of 5 players each, one with white t-shirts and one with black t-shirts. They passed a basketball to those in their own team.
  • A group of students 7 wearing black t-shirts passed a basketball to each other.
  • A group of 5 students wearing white - shirts passed a basketball to each other

15. What was the experimental design?

  • Repeated measures
  • Independent groups
  • Matched pairs
  • There wasn't one

16. Which of these was the easy condition?

  • Following the white-shirts
  • Counting the number of total passes
  • The opaque condition
  • Counting the number of passes out loud

17. Which of these wasn't a way that the study was standardised?

  • Each observer watched the video individually
  • The unexpected event occurred 44-48 seconds into the video
  • The videos were all played on an 18 inch TV screen
  • There was a script of questions for the experimenter to read off after the video

18. How many observers? were recruited and used?

  • 228, 192
  • 274, 150
  • 256, 256
  • 239, 210

19. What was the design, and what were the total number of possible combinations?

  • 2x2x2x2x2 32
  • 2x2 4
  • 2x2x2x2 16
  • 2x2x2 8

20. Which of these questions wasn't asked after the video in any condition?

  • How many chest passes were made?
  • Did you see [unexpected event] walk across the screen?
  • While you were doing the counting, did you notice anything unusual on the video?
  • Did you see anything other than the [No. of] players?