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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?