Laney Flashcards
Food History Inventory
24 items rating on a scale of 1(def did not happen) -8(def did happen) in terms of how sure they were that the event happened
Restaurant Questonnaire
rate 32 dishes presented on a menu-like form with 5 courses from a scale of 1-8 on how likely they would order this dish at dinner regardless of price
Food preference questionnaire
rated 62 items in terms of how much they like to eat each item
Food Cost questionnaire
Choose the price they were ready to pay out of multiple options or select ‘would never buy’.
Memory or Belief questionnaire
participants had to indicate for 3 items of the FHI, whether they had a memory or experience, and specify whether they had a detailed memory, vague belief, or were sure that the event did not happen.
Aim of experiment 1
whether giving participants false feedback about them loving to eat asparagus as a child would produce a false memory/belief.
Research method 1
Lab
Research design 1
Independent groups design, participants were allocated to either love or control condition
IV 1
whether participants had a false belief abt eating asparagus after the false feedback
DV 1
responses to 5-self-report questionnaires
Sample 1
128(99 females, 29 males), opportunity sample, mean age 20.8
Procedure 1- week 1
Came to lab in grps of 8, deceived that they were taking part in investigating ‘food preferences and personality’, done to prevent demand characteristics, 5 questionnaires were completed, last 3 were distracter to cover up real aim of study
Procedure- week 2 (exp 1)
Returned to lab, randomly allocated to either ‘love’ or ‘control’ condition, given a report of childhood experiences based on questionnaires, ppl in ‘love’ condition had critical statement ‘u loved to eat cooked asparagus’ on report, ppl in control condition had 3 filler items, participants were asked qs abt profile to ensure that they processed the feedback, completed FHI and RQ to see any changes in responses, also completed FPQ, FCQ and MBQ
Results 1
FHI of both groups were compared and for the love group (n=46) the average responses rose by 2.6 points. The control group’s responses (n=51) rose by 0.2 points.
31 participants were excluded from the results as they believed they loved asparagus and give a 5+ score on the FHI.
Results- Believers (exp 1)
- Gave a low rating on the FHI in week one on loving asparagus.
- Gave a high rating on the FHI in Week 2.
- Gave a positive ‘memory’ or ‘belief’ on the MBQ.
48% of participants in the love condition were labelled as believers (22 participants). Believers increased an average of 4.5 points from week 1 to week 2 in the FHI. 10 had a memory. 12 had a belief.