Core Study 6- Grant (C)

Question 1

What was the aim of Grant’s study?

Additional/ contributing aims?

Answer 1

To investigate the effects of context upon memory

To understand impact of matching/ mismatching contexts
To improve understanding for impact on students

Question 2

Give some background information of Grant’s study.

Answer 2

-Godden and Bladdeley: matching context of learning with recall environments improved memory recall (scuba diving)
-Context had little impact, meaningfulness of info affected memory retrieval (other research)

Question 3

What method did Grant use to carry out the investigation?

Answer 3

Lab experiment

Question 4

What was the design of Grant’s study?

Answer 4

Independent measures design

Question 5

Design

What were the IV’s of the study?

4 different conditions, 2x2 structure

Answer 5

-Noisy (cafeteria background noise) or silent conditions (learning and recall)
-Matching or mismatching conditions (learning and recall)

Question 6

Design

What were the DV’s of the study?

Answer 6

SAQ’s (recall) and MCQs (recognition)

Question 7

What did the sample of the study consist of?

quantity, gender, sampling technique?

Answer 7

40 (then 39) participants
23 males, 17 females
-opportunity sampling- 8 members of psych class- recruited 5 other members each

Question 8

Procedure

What were the controls of the procedure?

Answer 8

• All issued same headphones
• All had article on psychoimmunolgy (meaningful info)
• Same SAQ’s and MCQs

Question 9

Procedure

What was the strcuture of the procedure?

Answer 9

-Debrief
-Issued same headphones
-Read article
-Had 2 min break
-Given SAQ’s (recall)
-Given MCQ’s (recognition)
Debriefed

Question 10

Did Grant produce qualitative data or quantitative data?

Answer 10

Just quantitative

Question 11

What outcome did testing in matching conditions have?

Improvement to performance or no improvement?

Answer 11

Found to improve performance (14.3 mean score vs 12.7 mean score)

Question 12

What outcome did noisy and silent conditions have?

Difference or no difference to performance?

Answer 12

No overall difference between the two in terms of performance (14.3 vs 14.3)

Question 13

Give 2 conclusions of the study?

Answer 13

• Context of environment does impact recall/ retieval abilities of memory for meaningful info.
• Noise itself has no impact on memory performance
• Students should try to aim to study in silence since they’ll be tested in silence