Cognitive Practical

Question 1

cog practical aim

Answer 1

to investigate whether using the same or different slave systems (using visual or acoustic distraction tasks) in the WMM affects the amount of words being able to be recalled.

Question 2

cog practical IV and DV

Answer 2

IV: Whether participants completed a visual (spot the differences) or verbal task (word search)
DV: The amount of words recalled /15

Question 3

cog practical sample

Answer 3

We gathered 20 participants via opportunity sample from a psychology class in Newcastle
sixth-form college. Average age 16.

Question 4

cog practical procedure

Answer 4

• We gathered an opportunity sample of participants from the local college
• It was an independent measures design with students randomly assigned to either doing the visual distractor task or the verbal distractor task
• We read 15 words to the participants out-loud for 1 minute
• Participants were then given a 2 minute distractor task. Either a word search where they had to find words or a pair of spot the differences to act as a visual distractor.
• They then had 2 minutes to recall as many words from the initial list as they could.
• We calculated the mean for each group and calculated a Mann Whitney U.