Palmer (1975) - Edexcel GCSE Psychology

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Palmer (1975) - Case study flash cards
Jasmine Allen
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Aim Whether context would affect perception
Procedure * 64 students *laboratory experiment *shown a context
Independent Variable - four stages *appropriate * inappropriate (similar object) *inappropriate (different object) *no context
Results Participants correctly identified the most objects after seeing an appropriate context, and the least after seeing the inappropriate context
Conclusion Expectations affect perception
Strengths *controlled how long participants saw context and objects *had instructions- knew exactly what to do *data wasn't used from two participants who had forgotten their glasses - results more accurate
Weaknesses *knew what they were doing, and could have caused participants to try harder *all data couldn't have been used - less results
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