2.4: Cue-dependent forgetting (CDF)

Question 1

To test whether forgetting is due to retrieving information in a different context to that in which it was coded, a researcher reads a list of words to 2 groups of participants. 20 minutes later, one group recalls the list in the same room, while the other group recalls it in a different room.

Compose a suitable null hypothesis for this experiment (2 marks)

Answer 1

The null hypothesis is that there will not be a significant difference between the number of words recalled from a list by participants recalling in a different room to the one they were read the list in and by participants recalling in the same room to the one they were read the list in