Cognitive psychology classic study

Question 1

what is the cognitive classical study?

Answer 1

Baddley’s study

Question 2

aim of baddley’s study:

Answer 2

study influence of acoustic and semantic simmiarity on recall in STM and LTM

Question 3

sample:

Answer 3

72 pps, volunteer sample from a cambridge psychology research panel

Question 4

what kind of measures were used in baddley’s study?

Answer 4

independant measures

Question 5

list A:

Answer 5

10 acoustically similar words

Question 6

list B:

Answer 6

10 acoustically dissimilar words

Question 7

list C:

Answer 7

10 semantically similar words

Question 8

list D:

Answer 8

10 semantically dissimilar words

Question 9

list trial procedure:

Answer 9

four trials, done on the slide projector w/ 3 sec for each word and 2 sec slide change over then asked asked to recall the words they learned in order after distraction task

Question 10

distraction task :

Answer 10

6 8-digit recalls presented 1 digit per sec

Question 11

last thing pps did:

Answer 11

15 minutes self-paced digit copying task

Question 12

conclusion:

Answer 12

-LTM impaired by semantic similarity
-although info can be encoded acoustically to STM,needs semantic meaning linked to be retained LTM

Question 13

improvements:

Answer 13

change sample to ppl with no background in psych such as opportunuty sample from local park to increase generalisability