Godden and Baddeley (1975) - Context Cues

Question 1

What was the aim of the study? 2

Answer 1

• Whether words would be recalled better in the same environment or in a very different environment.
• The two environments were on dry land and under the sea.

Question 2

How many participants were there? 4

Answer 2

18
13 male
5 female
From university diving club

Question 3

What were the university students given to learn?

Answer 3

36 2/3 syllable words

Question 4

How were the words presented to the students?

Answer 4

By a recording 15 feet underwater

Question 5

How were the participants asked to recall the words?

Answer 5

Either in the same location or the opposite location

Question 6

What locations did the participants learn and recall the words in? 4

Answer 6

1. Learn on dry land and recall on dry land (context-cued condition)
2. Learn underwater and recall underwater (context-cued condition)
3. Learn on dry land and recall underwater (no context cue)
4. Learn underwater and recall on dry land (no context cue)

Question 7

How long was the study conducted for? 2

Answer 7

4 days

Each participant experienced each condition with a 24 hour delay between each one

Question 8

What was the experimental design of the study?

Answer 8

Repeated Measures

Question 9

What state were the participants in before they experienced each condition?

Answer 9

wet
cold
fully kitted in diving gear regardless of where they were

Question 10

How many times was each word list presented?

Answer 10

Twice

Question 11

What happened after the word list was presented?

Answer 11

There was a four minute delay

Then participants had to write down as many words as they could remember in 2 minutes