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Chapter 8- the development of Broadbents model (Hypothesis (Drawn from…
Chapter 8- the development of Broadbents model
Colin Cherry
Early indications that meaning may be important in allocating attention
Focused on theory and how it could be applied in real life
Cocktail party problem- when someone can follow one person speaking and filter out the others
Brown et al
Mobile phone while driving experiments
Broadbent was the director of applied psychology in cambridge at the time of Browns study- Same university
2 measures of performance (DV)
Speed- time taken to complete circuit
Accuracy - Drivers judgement
2 conditions (IV)
Experimental - answering questions on mobile
Controlled - no mobile
Other controlled variables such as same age, sex etc
Hypothesis
Drawn from existing theories
Predictions
Cycle of enquiry
Theory
Prepositions about a psychological phenomenon that forms a basis of a testable explanation