Areas And Debates - Grant Et Al Flashcards
Usefulness
Useful
Shows students will do better in their exams with no noise while revising if it’s Newley learned material
Individual situational
Situational
Performance in exams is affected by the situation (where they revise) not individual factors (students ability)
Link to area
Investigating cognitive processes of memory
Specifically, investigating context dependent memory
Link to theme
Memory is improved by matching conditions for newly learned material
Changing understanding of key theme
Adds understanding by investigating a diff aspect, context dependent memory
Changes understanding of social cultural diversity
It doesn’t because both studied students in America
Psychology as a science
Controlled lab experiments so fulfil the criteria , psychology is a science