Baddeley

Question 1

What is the aim of Baddeley?

Answer 1

To look at the encoding of STM and LTM

Question 2

How big was the sample?

Answer 2

72

Question 3

Where were they gathered from?

Answer 3

Applied Psychology Research Unit

Question 4

What were the 4 lists used?

Answer 4

Acoustically similar, Acoustically dissimilar, Semantically similar, Semantically dissimilar

Question 5

Which design is this?

Answer 5

Independent measures everyone did only one list

Question 6

What control was put in place to improve the validity at the start of the study?

Answer 6

A hearing test to make sure their hearing didnt impact on the words they recalled

Question 7

How long was each word presented for?

Answer 7

3 seconds

Question 8

After the words were presented but before recall the participants had to do what?

Answer 8

Complete a distractor task writing down numbers

Question 9

How many times did the participants conduct the inital part of the study (words presented, distractor, recall)

Answer 9

4 times

Question 10

What happened before the surprise recall?

Answer 10

15minute distractor copying down numbers

Question 11

What was the recall task they were asked to complete?

Answer 11

Putting the words in the order they were presented whilst being able to see the words in a random order

Question 12

What was found during the surprise recall (LTM)?

Answer 12

Semantically dissimilar words were recalled better than semantically similar words

Question 13

What was found during the earlier recall tasks (STM)?

Answer 13

Acoustically dissimilar words were recalled better than Acoustically similar words

Question 14

What is the encoding of STM?

Answer 14

Acoustic

Question 15

What is the encoding of LTM?

Answer 15

Semantic

Question 16

What is a problem with the sample?

Answer 16

Shared characteristics as they were all at the APRU which could impact their memory performance

Question 17

What is a strength of the design of this study?

Answer 17

It used independent measures so there would be no order effects unfairly effecting one condition making the results more valid

Question 18

Why is the hearing test at the beginning used?

Answer 18

To make the results more valid as it elimnates an EV which could effect their performance

Question 19

This study is seen as reliable because

Answer 19

Most of the procedure is standardised like everyone having the same timings and distractor tasks

Question 20

This study is seen as low in mundane realism because

Answer 20

Lists of acoustically similar words etc are not like real life examples of using memory

Question 21

Why was an interference task included?

Answer 21

To ensure the validity of testing LTM as earlier attempts made an error of measuring STM instead

Question 22

What is a weakness of the design used?

Answer 22

Pariticipant variables might have effected their recall as different people did different word list conditions