Contemporary study - Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil (2012)

Question 1

Aims: what had Sebastian and Hernandez him measured before this study

Answer 1

The development of the phonological loop component of working memory

Question 2

Aims: what findings did they want to confirm in this study

Answer 2

Confirm the findings of Anglo-Saxon participant who’s digit span increased with age until 15 where it levelled out

Question 3

Aim: what was their aim for the elderly and adults with dementia

Answer 3

To Compare Spanish children with elderly Anglo-Saxon adults and people with dementia

Question 4

Procedure: was it a lab or field experiment

Answer 4

Field

Question 5

Procedure :what was the independent variable

Answer 5

Year of schooling (year group)

Question 6

Procedure: what was the dependent variable

Answer 6

The mean verbal digit span

Question 7

Procedure: how many children participants where there

Answer 7

575 children

Question 8

Procedure: which country and city where the pre-, primary and secondary schools

Answer 8

Spain, Madrid

Question 9

Procedure: what did all of the children not have

Answer 9

No child had repeated a year

None of the children presented hearing disorder, reading or writing difficulties or any other cognitive impairment

Question 10

Procedure: when where the children tested and was it in groups or individually

Answer 10

The children where tested during break times

Individually tested

Question 11

Procedure: how where the children tested

Answer 11

They where given a random sequence of random digits that increased by one in length each time

Question 12

Procedure: what was digit span defined as

Answer 12

The longest sequence the child could recall 2 times out of 3 in order without error

Question 13

Results: what happened to the digit span with age

Answer 13

Increased

Question 14

Results: what was the mean of the average digit span for 5 yr olds

Answer 14

Mean = 3.76

Question 15

Results: what was the mean of the average digit span for 11 yr olds

Answer 15

Mean= 5.28

Question 16

Results: what was the mean for the average digit span for 17 yr olds

Answer 16

Mean = 5.91

Question 17

Results: what was found in the digit span for elderly Anglo Saxon people

Answer 17

That their digit span was not much different to the 17 yr olds

Question 18

Results: what was found in the digit span of people with dementia

Answer 18

Was similar to that of healthy elderly people