Hamid et al. (2010) had participants navigate a maze while recording their eye movements. The maze contained landmarks on the walls at corners and at other positions that would not aid maze navigation. After participants learned the maze, the researchers removed half of the landmarks. The results of this study revealed that
A) performance decreased when landmarks were removed that had been viewed longer.
B) participants did not notice that the landmarks were missing and their performance was unaffected.
C) participants had been relying on all landmarks to navigate.
D) performance increased when non-informative landmarks were removded.

Question

Hamid et al. (2010) had participants navigate a maze while recording their eye movements. The maze contained landmarks on the walls at corners and at other positions that would not aid maze navigation. After participants learned the maze, the researchers removed half of the landmarks. The results of this study revealed that
A) performance decreased when landmarks were removed that had been viewed 	longer.
B) participants did not notice that the landmarks were missing and their performance 	was unaffected.
C) participants had been relying on all landmarks to navigate.
D) performance increased when non-informative landmarks were removded.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Participants relied more on landmarks that they viewed longer, so removing these landmarks decreased performance.

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