Error Detection
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 201
Start Date
16-5-2013
End Date
16-5-2013
Abstract
Most people are confident in answering “yes” when asked if they would recognize a change when a person in front of them switches with someone else. Research on a phenomenon, known as change blindness, surprisingly contradicts this belief. In the present study, the question of whether or not change blindness can occur in editing is investigated. There are six different instruments containing an editing exercise. A font size change occurs in either the first, middle, or last sentence in each exercise. The change is by two points, either larger or smaller than the standard 12 point font. How often participants recognize a change in font will be measured to determine if change blindness is present. The hypothesis for this study is that if change blindness does occur in editing, then very few participants will notice the font change. The anticipated results for this study are that most participants will not recognize the font change, confirming the hypothesis.
Recommended Citation
Prather, Christopher, "Error Detection" (2013). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 95.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2013/oralpresentations/95
Additional Mentoring Department
Psychology
Error Detection
SURC 201
Most people are confident in answering “yes” when asked if they would recognize a change when a person in front of them switches with someone else. Research on a phenomenon, known as change blindness, surprisingly contradicts this belief. In the present study, the question of whether or not change blindness can occur in editing is investigated. There are six different instruments containing an editing exercise. A font size change occurs in either the first, middle, or last sentence in each exercise. The change is by two points, either larger or smaller than the standard 12 point font. How often participants recognize a change in font will be measured to determine if change blindness is present. The hypothesis for this study is that if change blindness does occur in editing, then very few participants will notice the font change. The anticipated results for this study are that most participants will not recognize the font change, confirming the hypothesis.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Marte Fallshore