Labs PSYC122

Question 1

Roediger & McDermott: Experimental Paradigm

Answer 1

Study: words semantically related to the non-presented lure words ‘window’- sill, ledge, window (lure word)
Test: random words + lure word
65% studied item, 40% remembered word not present- how certain they were, old v new list, critical lures people were very confident

Question 2

Misinformation effect- loftus and palmer (1974)

Answer 2

• Put into two groups
• How fast were the cars going when they hit each other- different verbs
• … when they smashed into each other- violent sounding word, creates the image of a violent crash
• A week later: “Did you see any broken glass?”- smashed 32%, hit 14%, control 12%- verbs/adjectives we chose to use, our memories are bad at doing good

Question 3

Bradley & Lang, 1994

Answer 3

The Self-Assessment Manikin
Valence/ Arousal

Question 4

Analog scale

Answer 4

Negative/positive <——->

Question 5

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule

Answer 5

This brief scale is comprised of 20 items, with 10 items measuring positive affect (e.g., excited, inspired) and 10 items measuring negative affect (e.g., upset, afraid).
* Positive and Negative Affect are Independent
* Ambivalent (feeling both positive and negative emotions at the same time)
* Your best friend just got a great job while you are still unemployed.
* Your last day at uni.
* Death of a family member after a long painful illness

Question 6

Geneva emotion wheel

Answer 6

rating every emotion

Question 7

Electrodermal responding

Answer 7

sympathetic/parasympathetic nervous systems can be measured, Captures the change in the electrical conductivity of the skin due to sweat gland secretion activated by the sympathetic nervous system

Question 8

classic sleep list memory study by Rodiger and McDermott

Answer 8

The Deese, Roediger and McDermott (DRM) task is a false memory paradigm in which subjects are presented with lists of semantically related words (e.g., nurse, hospital, etc.) at encoding. After a delay, subjects are asked to recall or recognize these words. In the recognition memory version of the task, subjects are asked whether they remember previously presented words, as well as related (but never presented) critical lure words (‘doctor’). Typically, the critical word is recognized with high probability and confidence.