Cognitive Psychology

Posted: August 12th, 2013

Cognitive Psychology

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Cognitive Psychology

1. Provide your individual results below (again, just the averages, not the trial-by-trial data).

Statistics are based on 108 participants.

Averages across participants

Standard deviations across participants

2. Did your individual results match the predicted results?

No. It was expected that the results would be consistent and not intermittent.

3. If the “spotlight” model of attention is true, should cues improve your performance?

The cues should improve the performance. If the model were false, the results would be consistent.

4. How does a ventriloquist use spatial cues to direct a person’s attention away from him and towards his dummy or doll?

Ventriloquists direct attention away from the subject and this buys him time to do any trick he wants.

Cognitive Lab: Memory Span (under Working Memory)

1. Provide your individual results below.

Statistics are based on 100 participants.

Averages across participants

Standard deviations across participants

2. What type (or form) of memory does memory span measure? How large do we expect your memory span to be?

The memory span calculates the level of working memory.

3. How might the results suggest that visual stimuli are converted into an auditory code during rehearsal?

The results show a higher result for the visual stimulus and a lower result for the audio stimulus (Anderson, 2004).