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Cognitive Approach Flashcards

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Aim of Andrade

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To know whether doodling assists information processing (by attending more effectively or enhancing memory)

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Research method used in Andrade

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Laboratory experiment

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Design used in Andrade

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Independent measures design
(Control group/doodling group)

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Number of participants in Andrade

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40

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Where were the participants, in Andrade, members of?
Where were they recruited from?

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MRC (medical research council) Applied Psychology Unit, originally recruited from the general public

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What ages were the members in Andrade?

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18-55yrs

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How was the sample chosen in Andrade?

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Participants were asked if they wanted to participate in another study after finishing a fake experiment

Volunteered to join a ‘pool’ of people who may be chosen to participate

opportunity sampling - using who was readily available at the time

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How were the participants assigned to a condition in Andrade?

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Random allocation

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Number and genders of participants in control group (Andrade)

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20 participants (18 female, 2 male)

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Number and genders of participants in doodling group (Andrade)

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20 participats (17 female, 3 male)

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What did researcher change about the recall order between participants in Andrade?

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Question order was counterbalanced

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How long was the mock telephone message in Andrade?

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2.5 mins

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How many wpm was the mock telephone message in Andrade?

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227 wpm

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Apparatus given to doodling group (Andrade)

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  • Pencil
  • A4 paper with 10 shapes ( 1cm diameter squares and circles in alternating rows)
    —> + space for writing target information
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Apparatus given to control group (Andrade)

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  • Pencil
  • Blank A4 paper
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Type of data gathered in Andrade

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Quantitative data
- mean number of correct recall, false alarms and scares for names and places

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Controls in Andrade

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  • Standardised instructions
  • standardised/same message (volume + speed)
18
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Were the participants paid in Andrade’s study?

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Yes, a small sum

19
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What happened to one participant in the doodling group of Andrade?

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They didn’t doodling so were replaced

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Type of data collected in Andrade

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Quantitative data

Mean number of correct recall, false alarms and scores for names and places

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Size of margin on the paper in Andrade

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4.5cm

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How were participants in Andrade assigned to a condition?

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Random allocation

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Mean number of correct names recalled in the control group of Andrade

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7.1

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Mean number of correct names recalled in the doodling group of Andrade

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7.8

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Mean number of false alarms in the control group of Andrade

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5

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Mean number of false alarms in the doodling group of Andrade

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1

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Background of Andrade

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Andrade was unsure of whether doodling impairs performance, by moving concentration from the primary task, or whether it improves performance and aids concentration.

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Strengths of Andrade

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Can control extraneous variables - lab experiment using independent measures design

Very standardisable (so ppt’s equally likely to be bored and daydream) - same monotonous tone, dull and quiet room, asking to do experiment when about to leave
—> more valid - differences due to doodling or not
—> more reliable - all ppt’s similarly bored

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Example of controlling and extraneous variable in Andrade

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Allowing participants to listen to the recording at a comfortable volume

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Aim(s) of Baron-Cohen

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• To test whether a group of adults with Asperger Syndrome (AS) or High-functioning Autism (HFA) would be impaired on the revised version of the ‘Reading the Mind in the Eyes’ task.
• To test if there was an association between performance on the revised eyes test and measures of autistic traits.
• To investigate if there were sex differences in those without autism on the task.
To see if females score higher on the eyes test than males (female superiority)
• To see if there is an inverse correlation between the eyes test and the AQ test, for a sample of normal adults

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Problems with the original Baron-Cohen study

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• No glossary
• Only two response options - ppt had 50% chance of getting correct answer (could guess)
• Answer choices were opposites - easy to identify emotion (revised - 4 options)
• Contained both basic and complex mental states, so contained some items that were too easy
—> basic because they are recognised universally - can be recognised purely as emotions, without the need to attribute a belief to the person
• Some items that could be solves simply by checking the gaze direction of the face
• More female faces than male
• Few choices - only 25 pictures - results showed ceiling effect - everyone scored highest possible score

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Results of original Baron-Cohen study

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• Adult males measurement in the general population scored a mean of 18.8 (SD = 2.5)
• Adult females measurement in the general population scored a mean of 21.8 (SD = 1.8)
• Adults with HFA or AS performed significantly worse than sex-matched normal controls, or adults with Tourette’s syndrome
• Adults with HFA or AS scored an average of 16.3 out of 25 (SD = 2.9)
• Adults with TS scored an average of 20.4 out of 25(SD = 2.6)
• Groups with TS did not differ significantly on this test from the general population

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Hypotheses of original Baron-Cohen study

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• Participants in the AS/HFA group will score significantly lower scores on the revised Eyes Test than the control group (but unimpaired on gender judgements)
• Participants in the AS/HFA group will score significantly higher on the Autism Spectrum Quotient Test (AQ)
• Females in the ‘normal’ groups (groups 2 and 3) will score higher on the Eyes Test than males in those groups
• Males in the ‘normal’ group (group 3) would score higher on the AQ measure than females
Scores on the AQ and the Eyes test would be negatively/inversely correlated

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