The Importance of the Eyes of a Person's Face in Face Recognition
Abstract;
The aim of this experiment is to find out if participants can
recognise the faces of well known celebrities if the celebrities’ eyes
are blacked out and if the eyes of a person’s face are a major factor
of face recognition. I predict that the participants will find it
easier to recognise the celebrities’ faces in the condition where the
eyes are not blacked out more than when the eyes are blacked out.
I used a lab experiment and independent group design. The target
population from which my participants were used were the 20 students
in my AS psychology class (opportunity sample). I randomly separated
the 20 participants into 2 groups of 10 for each of the 2 conditions.
I then delivered a brief and handed out the pictures of the
celebrities face down in front of the participants. I then timed the
participants for 2 and a half minutes while they turned over the
sheets and wrote their answers upon it.
Number of participants
Condition 1 Celebrities with eyes ( mean score out of 20)
Number of participants
Condition 2 Celebrities with blacked out eyes (mean score out of 20)
10
17/20 = 85%
10
13/20 = 65%
In consideration of my results I reject my null hypothesis and accept
my hypothesis that the participants will find it easier to recognise
the celebrities’ faces in the condition where the eyes are not blacked
out. The results indicate that the eyes of a person’s face are an
important factor of face recognition.
Introduction / Background:
Being able to recognise other people is of great significance in our
lives....
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... take no further part in this investigation, and naturally your results
will not be used. I will give you each two sheets with twenty
celebrities’ enpicted. All that is required of you is to write down by
the picture the name of as many of the celebrities as you can. I will
give you two and a half minutes to complete the task.
Debrief
The aim of the investigation was to see if being able to see the eyes
of a known person’s face is an important factor of face recognition. I
would like to remind you that I will keep your results confidential,
but if for any reason you would like to withdraw your results you are
entitled to do so. I expect that all your results are within the
normal range, and if you would like to know your results then you may
see me at a later date. Thank you again for taking part and well done.
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