Essays on Craik

Introduction

The performance on a given task is affected by various factors. Distraction is one of the factors that has been hypothesized to affect task completion. Goodell, Cao and Schwaitzberg (2006) reported that cognitive distractions resulted in an increase in the time required to complete tasks by laparoscopic surgeons. Understanding the effect that distractions have on task performance is important various fields. In the academic field, the knowledge can be used to explain the performance of students during tests. It can help show what proportion of their performance is attributed to attention deficits resulting from distractions.

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Abstract

The question of memory has been an interesting one in psychology for some time. Brown-Peterson hypothesized that distraction tasks have a role to play in how well our memory works, and that this can be measured by a simple task. This research uses a modified version of their experiment to assess their hypothesis. The task involves memorizing a three letter trigram and then taking part in a backwards counting task that was designed as a distractor. 112 participants took part in this experiment. They were asked to complete twenty control trials in which they had to continue counting backwards ...

Gossip Girl explores the world of upper class society through fashion and consumerist taste of young affluent women. Jennifer craik argues that fashion has the ability to convey disparate messages about society and economics. It has a message about cultural identity and distinctiveness. It also is an integral part of local inflections, shared knowledge, cultural sophistications, traditions and societal revolutions. Most of all, fashion sends messages about an individual’s social or economic wellbeing. One is able to easily discern that an individual works in a corporate or entertainment world by how they dress together with other cues like ...