Cognitive: Sebastian + Hernandez- Gil

Question 1

What was the aim of the Sebastian Hernandez-Gil study?

Answer 1

-To investigate the development of the phonological loop.
-To investigate whether language affects digit span.

Question 2

What type of experiment was Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil?

Answer 2

Field setting

Question 3

For the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study what was the independent variable?

Answer 3

The school year group of the students.

Question 4

What was the dependent variable of Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil?

Answer 4

The mean digit span Test score.

Question 5

How many participants were there in the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study? And where where they from?

Answer 5

570 Students from Madrid.

Question 6

What prior screenings were done on the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study?

Answer 6

Hearing reading and writing tests.

Question 7

What was the method of collecting digit span used in the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study

Answer 7

Random digit sequences that gradually increased by one.

Question 8

Describe the procedure of the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study.

Answer 8

The participants listen to each sequence and then were asked to repeat it. They did a practice sequence of the start to make sure each student understood what they were supposed to be doing.

Question 9

Define digit span.

Answer 9

Digit span is the longest sequence the child could recall in order without error.

Question 10

What were the findings of the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study

Answer 10

A clear increase in digit span with age. 5yrs= mean score 3.8
11yrs= mean score 5.3
The researchers compared this to Anglo-Saxon elderly people and that they’re digit span was similar to older children.

Question 11

What was the conclusion of the Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil study?

Answer 11

Digit span increases with age up to adolescence.
Spanish children develop until the age of 17.
Whereas English children develop until 15.
This is because the word length of the numbers. For example Uno and one.

Question 12

Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil G

Answer 12

570 participants were used Meaning its representative of the Spanish population

Question 13

Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil R

Answer 13

Participants were tested individually.
=Extraneous variables like distraction won’t affect the results.

Question 14

Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil A

Answer 14

Discover learning difficulties quickly:
short digit span is associated with learning disorders such as dyslexia. Therefore digit span can be used to discover children with dyslexia so they can get the appropriate help.

Question 15

Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil V

Answer 15

It lacks ecological validity is the settings artificial. The task lacks mundane realism as it’s not an everyday thing to recall a list of numbers.

Question 16

Evaluate Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil E

Answer 16

Young children and all the people with Alzheimer’s were included. However ethics were considered through informed consent right to withdraw confidentiality and privacy.