Case Studies

Question 1

What is the aim of loftus and palmers 1st study

Answer 1

To investigate whether leading questions can influence memory

Question 2

What is the aim of loftus and palmers 2nd study

Answer 2

Whether memory of accidents can actually be distorted by verbs

Question 3

How many participants were in experiment 1? L&f

Answer 3

45 American participants from uni of Washington

Both genders

Question 4

What is the procedure of first experiment l&f

Answer 4

7 film clips of traffic accidents
Questionnaire
Describe all they could remember
Answer s critical question “about how fast were the cars going when they … each other?”
Respond in mph
The verb is changed depending on the condition

Question 5

What are the 5 verbs in experiment 1 l&f

Answer 5

Smashed
Hit
Bumped 
Collided 
Contacted

Question 6

What are the results from experiment 1 l&f

Answer 6

Smashed 40.8mph
Collided 39.3mph
Bumped 38.1mph
Hit 34mph
Contacted 31.8mph

Question 7

What conclusion is drawn from experiment 1 l&f

Answer 7

Memory is affected by leading questions/ the intensity of the very changes the memory of estimate speed

Question 8

How many participants in experiment 2 l&f

Answer 8

150 from uni of Washington

Both genders

Question 9

What is the procedure of experiment 2 l&f

Answer 9

Ps watched 1 minute clip of car accident 4seconds each
Asked “how fast were the cars going when they … into each other ?”
3 conditions
Went home for 1 week
“Did to see any broken glass?”

Question 10

What are the 3 conditions in experiment 2 of l&f

Answer 10

Smashed
Hit
Control

Question 11

What are the results from experiment 2 l&f

Answer 11

Smashed. Hit. Control
Broken g. 16. 7. 6
No broken g. 34. 43. 44

Question 12

What is the conclusion of experiment 2 l&f

Answer 12

Leading questions used after event can reconstruct memory

Question 13

what research method and design did l&f use?

Answer 13

Lab

Independent measures

Question 14

What did grant study

Answer 14

If performance on memory test is improved when environment is the same at encoding and retrieval compared to different environments are encoding and retrieval

Question 15

How many participants were used in grants study

Answer 15

39, 17-56 years

17female 23 male

Question 16

What were the 4 conditions in grants study?

Answer 16

Silent silent
Silent noisy
Noisy silent
Noisy noisy

Question 17

What was the procedure of grants study

Answer 17

Standardised instructions -voluntary 
Read article on psycho immunology 
Either study in silent or noisy
Wore headphones and read (timed)
2 minute break without headphones
Short answer and multiple choice test
Debriefed 
Took 30 mins

Question 18

How many questions did the short answer and multiple choice have in grants study

Answer 18

10 sa

16mcq

Question 19

Give 3 results found by grants study

Answer 19

Silent study and test took 15 minutes, noisy test and silent study took 11.8 minutes 
S&s 6.7/10 
S&n 4.6/10 
S&s 14.3/16
S&n 12.7/16

Question 20

Give 3 findings by grants study

Answer 20

Performance isn’t down to reading time
Background noise did not have an effect
People did better on saq’s in matching condition compared to mismatching

Question 21

What is the conclusion for grants study

Answer 21

Context dependent memory occurs regardless of whether a short answer or multiple choice is used to asses learning

Memory is improved by environment when context is the same

Question 22

What is the design and Method for grants study

Answer 22

Lab

Independent measures