Grant

Question 1

What is the aim of grants study

Answer 1

aimed to show environmental context can have a more positve effect on performance in a meaningful memory test when the test takes place in the same environment in which the material was studied

Question 2

what is the method and design

Answer 2

lab experiment and independant measures design

Question 3

what is the iv of this study

Answer 3

whether the test was under matching or mismatching conditions

Question 4

what is the dv of this study

Answer 4

participants performance on a short answer recall test and a multiple choice recall test

Question 5

describe the sample

Answer 5

opportunity sample
8 members of a psychology laboratory class served as experimenters
each experimenter recruited 5 particpants
age 17-56 years

Question 6

what was the materials needed for this study

Answer 6

casette with university cafeteria noise on
headphones
2 page arcticle on psychoimmunology

Question 7

how many questions were there

Answer 7

16 multiple choice
10 short answer

Question 8

what were the controls for this study

Answer 8

all wore headphones no matter the condition
same noice
same article
same order of questions

Question 9

what are some of the results

Answer 9

silent silent 6.7 (short answer test out of 10)
silent noisy 4.6 (short answer test out of 10)

Question 10

what are some of the conclusions

Answer 10

studying and testing in the same environment leads to enhanced performance
there are context dependancy effects for newly learned material

Question 11

key theme question

Answer 11

who- 40 participants age 17-56
what- how context dependancy affects recall of material
how- participants were given an article on psychoimmunology to study either a silent or noisy condition and then get tested on using recall and recognition
findings- participants with matching conditons scored higher
silent silent-6.7
silent noisy- 4.6

Question 12

key area question

Answer 12

principle- looks at mental processing as key to understanding human behaviour. Input, processing and output of information.
aim- how context dependancy affects recall of information
findings- participants with matching conditions scored higher. environmental data is input when we try to learn information, it is then stored as memory (processing) and environmantal cues can help improve recall (output)

Question 13

what are some similarities between loftus and palmer and grants study

Answer 13

independant measures design
lab experiment
opportunity sample
informed consent
quantattive data

Question 14

what are some differences between loftus and palmer and grant

Answer 14

L+P- low ecological validity, sample was students
G- high ecological validity, sample was ages 17-56