Cog Practical

Question 1

what was the aim of the cognitive practical?

Answer 1

to investigate whether the use of schemas are effective in remembering information accurately and quantitatively

Question 2

what was the sample for the cognitive practical? how were they recruited? (4)

Answer 2

20 psychology students

• 10 males
• 10 females
• opportunity sampling

Question 3

what was the procedure? (3) +2ao1 points

Answer 3

1-ppts given a paragraph face down on the table
2-told they had to remember the paragraph in 2 minutes
3-after 2 mins ppts were asked to recall the paragraph by writing it down
3-they were then asked to count how many words they could remember (didn’t have to be in order) (no time scale)

Question 4

what research design was used? how many different paragraphs were their/ conditions?

Answer 4

independent measures

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Question 5

what were the results of the cognitive practical? (3 for each condition)

Answer 5

titled paragraph- 6,15,25 words remembered

no title-25,15,16

Question 6

what was the non-directional (two-tailed) hypothesis?

Answer 6

the ppts with a schema (title) will affect their recall of words compared to the non-schema group

Question 7

what was the directional (one-tailed) hypothesis?

Answer 7

group 1 (titled) will remember more words than group 2 (no title)

Question 8

what was the null hypothesis?

Answer 8

there will be no difference between the words remembered in group 1 and group 2

Question 9

what could improve the experiment?

Answer 9

• bigger sample

- more controls- measure amount of sleep ppts had the night before -distractions in the room

Question 10

what was the conclusion of the practical?

Answer 10

schemas don’t help or improve the ability to remember things accurately