Andrade- Cognitive

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

Doodling is aimless sketching patterns

Either impairs concentration or improves it

Question 2

Aims and hypotheses

Answer 2

To test the view that doodling aids concentration

Question 3

Method

Answer 3

Laboratory

Question 4

IV

Answer 4

Doodling group
Non doodling group
Control group

Question 5

DV

Answer 5

Mean number of correct recalls, false alarms, and memory scores for names and places

Question 6

Design

Answer 6

Independent measures

Question 7

Participants

Answer 7

40 participants aged 18 to 55 voluntered from university Plymouth
Randomly allocated

Question 8

Apparatus

Answer 8

Telephone message lasting 2 min 30 seconds including 8 names of ppl attending the party, 3 names of ppl and of a cat who couldnt attend and eight place names
Paper and a pen for doodling grp with squares and circles

Question 9

Controls

Answer 9

Standarised instructions

Question 10

Procedure

Answer 10

Participants do irrelevant experiment
NExt they were told to write down names of ppl coming and places
Doodling groupo told to colour in squares and circles
Recall test
Debrief and apology for diguised experiment

Question 11

Data

Answer 11

Quantitative bc mean number of correct recalls, false alarms and memory scores for names and places

Question 12

Findings

Answer 12

Doodling group recalls more names of party goers

Doodling group recalled 29% more than control group

Question 13

Conclusion

Answer 13

Doodling aids concentration because it avoids zoning out