PSYCH291 Lecture Notes - Daniel Kahneman, Psychological Science, Scientific Method
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We generally have inaccurate/incomplete knowledge of how to learn effectively. Failure of directed attention can lead to mistakes. Fusion of these two processes can lead to mistakes. Switching between tasks harms task performance (rubinstein et al. , 2001) *when plotting data keep range of axis equal. Researcher asks a stranger for directions, halfway through a door passes through them and the researcher is replaced by a different person (different clothing, appearance, voice, etc) and the participant doesn"t notice in 8 of 15 trials. Those who did notice were all students of roughly the same age of experimenters (20-30yrs), those who failed were generally older (35- Count number of basketball passes players in the white shirts do, avoid the background distractions (black shirt group) Gorilla passes through the scene halfway through. Most subjects don"t notice as they are focusing on the white shirt team.
