Both adult and children filled out the demographic and cartoon watching form. What is the differences in the procedure?
The demographic form for children are filled out by parents or guardians BEFORE the study.
The demographic form for adults are filled out by themselves AFTER the study.
What are the questions in the demographic form?
- age
- gender
- primary language
- ethnicity
5&6. number of children in the household and their ages - amount of time spent watching cartoon each week
- amount of time spent watching Dora & Diego
What are the features of the human face target clip shown to the participants ?
○ Two Caucasian university students (1 in each clip)
○ Two 6-second clip was filmed of an everyday task
■ A female brushing her hair in the bathroom
■ A male putting his coat on and exiting his home
○ Filmed in colour with no sound
○ 2 to 3 seconds close-up of the individual’s face
○ Only 1 character per clip
Each human target was photographed in a different outfit than what was worn in the video clip.
True or false?
True.
How were the human face foils selected?
○ Selected from a pool of 90 female faces and 90 male faces
○ Selected based on similar facial structure, hair length and colour to target face
○ 3 raters selected 4 foils for each target
How were the human faces (target and foils) photography presented to the participants?
○ All photographs were black and white and cropped
○ Only included face, neck and the top of the shoulders
What are the features of the cartoon face target clip shown to the participants?
○ One female and one male cartoon character
○ Two 6-second clips
■ Dora the Explorer talking to the audience
■ Go Diego Go putting on a pair of safety gloves
○ 2 to 3 seconds close-up of the target cartoon character’s face
○ Each video was in colour
○ No sound or other characters
How were the cartoon foils selected?
○ Foils selected from cartoon images on the internet
■ Selected by 3 raters based on similarity in facial structure, hair length and colour
■ Raters judged 10 photographs for each target and selected 4 that had the highest similarity rating
How are the photographs of cartoon faces (target and foils) presented to the participants?
○ All photographs cropped to include only character’s face (top to shoulders)
■ to reduce the appearance of any clothing worn
○ All images were black & white
■ To reduce possibility that vibrant colours of clothing would not be the focus of recognition
What is the instructions given before each line-up?
- Told to look at the photos.
- Told that the person/cartoon from the video may or may not be here.
- If they see the person/cartoon please point to the photo.
- If not, please point to this box (indicating).
How is the lineup administrator look like for the children? Why?
○ 3 female experimenters for the children
○ Neat appearance but not overly formal (eg: no uniforms)
○ Wore professional-casual clothing
■ Eg: Sweater/blouse and dress-pants
- To reduce external visual cues of authority
