Effects of repeated testing in a pen-and-paper test of selective attention (FAIR-2)

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dc.contributor.authorWühr, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorWühr, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-30T07:00:15Z
dc.date.available2021-03-30T07:00:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-11
dc.description.abstractThe FAIR-2 (‘Frankfurter Aufmerksamkeitsinventar’) is a pen-and-paper test of visual attention in which participants have to search for targets among distractors. For similar pen-and-paper tests of attention (e.g., d2), the repetition of the test causes large improvements in performance that threaten both its (retest) reliability and validity. We investigated the size and possible sources of practice effects in the FAIR-2 in three experiments. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants were tested twice using the original FAIR-2. We compared how performance changed after 2 weeks (Experiment 1) or 3 months (Experiment 2), when the test was repeated (complete repetition), or when targets and distractors changed their roles (test reversal). For Experiment 3, we used self-constructed versions of the FAIR that allowed for a third neutral condition (complete alternation) without any stimulus overlap between the two tests. The complete repetition condition produced strong performance gains (25–35%) that persisted for 3 months. For the complete-alternation condition, we observed small to moderate improvements, suggesting that stimulus-independent learning had occurred in session 1. Finally, performance did not differ between test reversal and complete alternation, therefore, suggesting that improvements in target processing had caused the large improvements in the complete-repetition condition.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2003/40119
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21996
dc.language.isoende
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPsychological Research;
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc150
dc.subject.rswkVisuelle Aufmerksamkeitde
dc.subject.rswkReliabilitätde
dc.subject.rswkRetestde
dc.titleEffects of repeated testing in a pen-and-paper test of selective attention (FAIR-2)en
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eldorado.secondarypublication.primarycitationWühr, B., Wühr, P. Effects of repeated testing in a pen-and-paper test of selective attention (FAIR-2). Psychological Research (2021).de
eldorado.secondarypublication.primaryidentifierhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01481-xde

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