Simons and Chabris

Question 1

What is the background to the Study?

Answer 1

Neisser had an unbrella lady walk across a screen where people were playing basketball. Many failed to notice her.

Question 2

What was the aim?

Answer 2

To see if the results were due to the way he made his video, and if similar results could be obtained through an opaque video

Question 3

What was the sample?

Answer 3

192 undergrads from harvard

Question 4

What was the procedure like?

Answer 4

Participants were given a 75 second video to watch, then given questions.
The IV’s affecting the video were:
-Either opaque or transparent
-Either umbrella lady, or gorilla
-Count passes from black shirts or white shirts
-Easy task( number of passes), hard task( aerial passes & bounce passes)

Question 5

What were the results?

Answer 5

Overall, participants noticed the unexpected event 54% of the time

Question 6

What are the similarities between simons and chabris and moray?

Answer 6

-Both are lab experiments
-Both collect quantitative data only

Question 7

What are the differences between simons and chabris and moray?

Answer 7

-One studies auditory attention, and the other studies visual attention
- S+C was holistic, moray is reductionist