Basic Cognitive Psychology (selective attention: dichotic listening)

• Developing research from other research
– Programmatic research
• Unanswered and what next questions
– suggestions in discussion section
– alternative explanation
– individual differences
– age and SES groups
– different cultures
– adapting procedures to other research areas
• Replication and extension (partial replication)
– Exact replication (last resort)
• Creative thinking in science
– Figuring out new paradigms (maze learning)
• “chance favors the prepared mind”
– Narrow use of a paradigm can block creativity
• Centrifugal swing