Psychology 2115A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dependent And Independent Variables, False Alarm
23 Apr 2013
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People report taboo words slower than normal words . Perceptual defense: less willing to report an offensive word, and the taboo words are going to be less frequent then other words (example apple) There are many variables that effect high and low frequency words ( they are short, easier to pronounce etc. ) Experiment: same experiment as above except that there words were three letter not seven. They then ran threshold task- instead they flashed light 10ms, then. 20ms, 30ms, 40ms- people then start to report things that aren t there, so that they don t feel stupid, the experimenter waits until they say a certain one of there words that were previously studied. Produced the same results as 1925: caused by subject bias- the words that they studied more frequently are the ones that they guessed. Bias play a major role in experiments- especially when trying to see what people perceive.
