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Question 15

In Experiment 3 of Moray's (1959) study on auditory attention, how was the independent variable manipulated to investigate the effect of expectation (cognitive set) on the recall of digits?

A

By preceding the digits with the participant's own name for one group, and preceding them with a neutral warning instruction for the other group.

B

By instructing one group of participants that they would be asked questions about the shadowed message, and another group to listen for and remember any digits they could.

C

By presenting some participants with a repeated list of digits in the rejected message and other participants with non-repeated digits.

D

By varying the rate at which digits were spoken (either at a fast tempo or a slow tempo) in the unattended ear.

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Attention Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Attention

33 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Attention, covering Moray (1959): Auditory attention and Simons and Chabris (1999): Visual inattention. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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