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Baddeley (1966b) : Aim

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To investigate the influences of acoustic and semantic word similarity on learning and recall in short term and long term memory

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Baddeley (1966b): Sample

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  • mixed men and women from applied Psychology research panel, Cambridge
  • Total of 72 participants involved. Independant measures design
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Baddeley (1966b): Procedure

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  • One of four word list groups
  • list A- 10 acoustically similar words, list B - 10 acoustically dissimilar words - list C- 10 semantically similar words - list D- 10 semantically dissimilar words
  • four trials for same list, presented by slide projector, one word every three seconds. participant then had a distraction task. This was six, eight digit recalls presented one digit per second. They had to recall words in order. followed by 15 minute self paced digit copying task.
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Baddeley (1966b) : Results

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  • once the acoustic words were learnt there was no significant difference in recall between trial 4 and retest
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Baddeley (1966b): Evaluation

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generalisability: small sample size - may be considered to have better memories - disadvantage
Reliability - standardised procedure, results can be repeated - advantage
validity - high internal - control of variables clear cause and effect - advantage
Ethics - gave consent ,right to withdrawal - advantage

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