9.3 - Group Behavior In Organisations Key Study (Claypoole & Szalma 2019) Flashcards
(11 cards)
What was the aim of the study?
To investigate the effects of EPM on sustained attention and to test whether video based monitoring is effective form of EPM
Describe the sample [4]
- 106 students (65 female & 41 male)
- Mean age of 20.57
- US uni
- Volunteers sampling
What theories is this study based on? [2]
- Social facilitation
- Electrnoci performance monitoring
Define Vigilance
Sustained concentration over a period of time, including watching for hazard
How were the participation in the experimental group monitored? [2]
- Webcam on top of computer screen
- Video recorder 1 meter behind them
What type of questioner did the participants fill out before the study?
Demographics questioner
What was the task given to the participants? [4]
- For 24 mins
- Press space bar in response to critical signal
- Critical signal = any 2 digit number with a difference of 1 or 0
- Critical signal would appear randomly 5 times every 6 mins
What is the DV and how was it measured? [2]
- DV was the performance on the sustained attention test
- Measured by, proportional of correctly detected critical signal, false alarms and response time
Fill in the blank:
It was found the vigilance ________ over time as _______ correct detections of critical signal were found.
The number of false alarms _______ over time. Median response time _______ over time in both conditions.
- Decreased
- Fewer
- Decreased
- Increased
What did the researchers conclude from experiment 1?
[2]
- EMP can produce effects that are similar to social pressure
- Vililance tasks performance was facilitated
What did the researchers conclude from experiment 2?
[1]
- using 2 forms of EMP at the same time could enhance performance efforts
