Grant

Question 1

type of experiment

Answer 1

lab experiment, self report, independent measures

Question 2

sample

Answer 2

8 psychology students gathered data from 39 P’S

Question 3

brief procedure

Answer 3

recall: 10 short answer questions
recognition: 16 multiple choice questions

all given standardised instructions told tests were voluntary (about 30 mins)

silent and noisy test conditions

Question 4

aim/hypothesis

Answer 4

test for context dependency effects caused by the presence/absence of noise

Question 5

results

Answer 5

mean reading time in mins on the tests
silent test/silent study: 15mins
noisy test/noisy study: 14mins

Question 6

conclusions

Answer 6

there are context dependency effects on newly learned meaningful material, best performance with the same level of noise in each

Question 7

ethical guidelines

Answer 7

fairly ethical, broke deception, potential harm(slightly loud noise)

Question 8

how were P’s obtained

Answer 8

opportunity sample

Question 9

link to area

Answer 9

investigates cognitive processes of memory

Question 10

link to key theme

Answer 10

learning new meaningful material improved studying in matching environments