Core studies - Cognitive Psychology - Grant Study Flashcards
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Aim
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To test for context dependency effects caused by the presence or absence of noise during learning and retrieval of meaningful material
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Research method
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- Laboratory experiment
- Independent measures deign
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What was the IV
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- Whether the participant read the two page article under either silent or noisy conditions
- Whether the participant was tested under matching or mismatching conditions to which they first encoded the information
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What was the DV
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- The participants performance on a short answer recall test out of 10
- The participants performance on a multiple choice recognition test out of 16
- Overall score out of 26
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Sample
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- 39 participants
- Aged 17-56 years
- 17 females and 23 males
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Sampling method
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Opportunity sampling
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How were participants gathered
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- 8 experimenters
- Each experimenter recruited 5 acquaintances
- 1 participant’s results were omitted from the analysis
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What materials were used
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-Cassette tapes
-Background noise was collected at a noisy lunchtime at a Uni cafeteria
-Psychoimmunology article
-The recognition and recall test
-Headphones
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Procedure
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- Ppts were read aloud standardised instructions that described the tasks as part of a class project and emphasised that they were voluntary.
- Ppts read the article once and were told that they could highlight/underline as they read.
- They had been told that they would have to complete a short-answer and multiple-choice task based on the article.
- Each Ppt was tested individually and the procedure lasted approximately 30 minutes in total with a 2 minute break between the learning and testing phase. Ppts in all conditions wore headphones in the learning and testing phase
- After the 2 minute break, ppts were given the recall test first, followed by the recognition test
- The ppts were then debriefed on the true aim of the study
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Procedure Step 1
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- Ppts were read aloud standardised instructions that described the tasks as part of a class project and emphasised that they were voluntary.
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Procedure Step 2
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- Ppts read the article once and were told that they could highlight/underline as they read
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Procedure Step 3
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- They had been told that they would have to complete a short-answer and multiple-choice task based on the article.
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Procedure Step 4
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- Each Ppt was tested individually and the procedure lasted approximately 30 minutes in total with a 2 minute break between the learning and testing phase. Ppts in all conditions wore headphones in the learning and testing phase
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Procedure Step 5
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- After the 2 minute break, ppts were given the recall test first, followed by the recognition test
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Procedure Step 6
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- The ppts were then debriefed on the true aim of the study