PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Backstroke, Change Blindness, Breaststroke
27 Sep 2016
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Memory experiment study list of positive/negative words: e. g. brave, independent, adventurous vs. reckless, foolish careless. Second study read story about a man: climbs mountains, participates in demolition derbies, tried crossing the atlantic in a sailboat, etc. Dv: favorability of impressions of man in second study results: primed with positive words more positive impression of the man. Word search that contained neutral/achievement-related words: e. g. table, floor, pencil vs. strive, win, compete. 3 minutes: form as many words as possible from scrabble letters: notified via intercom to stop. Dv: % of ps who continued to write after being told to stop (hidden cameras) results: 20% cheated in neutral group, 60% cheated in achievement group. Iv: scrambled word sets contain politeness/rudeness/neutral words: e. g. respect, considerate, courteous vs. disturb, intrude, bluntly vs. chair, lamp, keys find experimenter when finished 10 min conversation without acknowledging participant. Dv: % of participants who interrupted conversation results: o.
