PSY / ORF 322

Neel Gehani & Alex Thorn

Experiments on the Model Human Processor

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NOTE TO PARTICPANTS

Over the course of the next 10-12 minutes, you will be a participant in 11 short experiments. The experiments are designed to test various components of the Human Model Processor. They do not reflect upon your intelligence.

As we are trying to obtain meaningful results, the design of the timing of each experiment is key. Please follow the directions on each slide carefully, pay attention to each task, and immediately record your answers on the sheet in front of you when prompted.

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NOTE TO PARTICPANTS

Some of the tasks are easy, some are difficult. Do not worry if you have trouble with a given task. ALWAYS do your best to guess.

Be sure to pay attention to Items 1-12 on your sheet and write your responses in the correct location when prompted.

Thank you!!

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Experiment # 1

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the 1.5 SECONDS during which the letters are on the screen. You will be asked to recall these letters afterward.

Experiment # 1

C E p r y Q a W B

Experiment # 1

ITEM #1: Write down what the letters were.

ITEM #2: Write down which letters were capitalized.

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Experiment # 1

You will not be asked about capitalization during the rest of the experiments, so do not worry about distinction between cases in future tasks.

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Experiment # 2

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the 1.5 SECONDS during which the letters are on the screen. You will be asked to recall these letters afterward.

Experiment # 2

B G V C P Z E D T

Experiment # 2

ITEM # 3: Write down the letters you just saw.

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Experiment # 3

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters are on the screen. You will be asked to recall this data after a THIRTY SECOND break.

Experiment # 3

F H P O N W L C E

Experiment # 3

Please wait.

Experiment # 3

ITEM #4:

Write down the letters you were shown.

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Experiment #4

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during TEN SECONDS during which the letters are on the screen. You will be asked to recall this data THIRTY SECONDS later.

Experiment #4

E C B D P T Z V G

Experiment #4

Please wait.

Experiment #4

Item #5: Write down the 9 letters you were shown

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Experiment #5

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the 1.5 SECONDS during which the letters are shown. You will be asked to recall these letters after a THIRTY SECOND break.

Experiment #5

B C R A D J S K L

Experiment #5

Please wait.

Experiment #5

Item #6: Write down the letters you were shown.

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Experiment #6

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters are on the screen. You will be asked to recall this data afterward.

Experiment #6

X I Y N M T L R P

Experiment #6 Item #7: Write down the letters you were shown.

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Experiment #7

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters will be on the screen. You will be asked to recall these letters after a THIRTY SECOND break.

Experiment #7

C A R P I G F L Y

Experiment #7

Please wait.

Experiment #7 Item #8: Write down the letters you were shown.

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Experiment #8

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters are shown. You will be asked to recall this data after a THIRTY SECOND break during which you will hear a series of letters. Simply listen to the letters.

Experiment #8

G U A I C D F R K

Experiment #8

Please listen.

Experiment #8

Item #9: Write down the letters you were shown before the

audio.

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Experiment #9

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters are shown. You will be asked to recall this data after a THIRTY SECOND break during which you will be shown a short story. Please read it out loud at normal pace for thirty seconds.

Experiment #9

J R C A O L Y N G

Experiment #9

Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: "Who do you think you are? There's no denying you're swift, but even you can be beaten!" The hare squealed with laughter. "Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there's nobody in the world that can win against me, I'm so speedy. Now, why don't you try?" Annoyed by such bragging, the tortoise accepted the challenge. A course was planned, and the next day at dawn they stood at the starting line. The hare yawned sleepily as the meek tortoise trudged slowly off. When the hare saw how painfully slow his rival was, he decided, half asleep on his feet, to have a quick nap. "Take your time!" he said. "I'll have forty winks and catch up with you in a minute." The hare woke with a start from a fitful sleep and gazed round, looking for the tortoise. But the creature was only a short distance away, having barely covered a third of the course. Breathing a sigh of relief, the hare decided he might as well have breakfast too, and off he went to munch some cabbages he had noticed in a nearby field. But the heavy meal and the hot sun made his eyelids droop. With a careless glance at the tortoise, now halfway along the course, he decided to have another snooze before flashing past the winning post. And smiling at the thought of the look on the tortoise's face when it saw the hare speed by, he fell fast asleep and was soon snoring happily. The sun started to sink, below the horizon, and the tortoise, who had been plodding towards the winning post since morning, was scarcely a yard from the finish. At that very point, the hare woke with a jolt. He could see the tortoise a speck in the distance and away he dashed. He leapt and bounded at a great rate, his tongue lolling, and gasping for breath. Just a little more and he'd be first at the finish. But the hare's last leap was just too late, for the tortoise had beaten him to the winning post. Poor hare! Tired and in disgrace, he slumped down beside the tortoise who was silently smiling at him. "Slowly does it every time!" he said.

Please read the following story out loud at a normal pace.

Experiment #9

Item #10: Write down the letters you were shown before you began to read the story.

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Experiment #10

On the next slide, you will be presented with some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you are shown during the TEN SECONDS during which the letters are shown. You will be asked to recall this data after a THIRTY SECOND break during which you will hear a song. Simply listen to it.

Experiment #10

R K O F A E I M C

Experiment #10

Please listen.

Experiment #10

Item #11: Write down the letters you were shown before you heard the song.

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Experiment #11

On the next slide, you will hear some letters. Try to focus and pay attention to what you hear. You will be asked to recall this data after a THIRTY SECOND break.

Experiment #11

Please listen and memorize.

Experiment #11

Please wait.

Experiment #11

Item #12: Write down the letters you heard earlier.

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You are done!

Thank you so much for your time. You have been a great help. If you wish to know the results of our experiments, let us know and we will contact you once we have analyzed our data.

Neel Gehani & Alex Thorn