PSY100H1 Lecture 10: Lec 10.docx
65
PSY100H1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
65 documents
Document Summary
This is an example of unintentional blindness, as audiences miss the a person in gorilla suit that walks into the middle of the video. If you have a "loser spotlight" on, you will see information that confirms you"re a loser. + chess master can cram in more info in 7 bits (chess-wise) than others - i. e 7 moves. Dolderman shows the class 13 letters to overwhelm short-term memory, but really, there are only 3 chunks, and they are in patterns : Dolderman tried to memorize the pie number with his friend and he realized they could chunk the numbers while reading the numbers out verbally. They ended up with a much better result. Study by smith: get people to memorize same material, then split the group in half. One half then goes to another room to be tested on the material, when the other stays in the same room and get tested.
