my own practical Flashcards
what was the aim?
to investigate whether the amount of words recalled in a word list will vary between the beginning, middle and end sections of the list
what was the experimental hypothesis?
participants will remember more words out of seven at the beginning and end sections of a word list made of 21 words than the end section also out of 7
what is the null hypothesis?
there will be no difference in the amount of words recalled in the beginning, middle and end sections each out of seven in a word list containing 21 words
what experimental design was used?
repeated measures as participants went through all three sections
what was the iv?
the three sections
how many words were in the word list?
21
how were participants gathered?
through opportunity sampling due to connivence
how many participants were there?
19
what kind of words were used?
monosyllabic semantically and acoustically dissimilar words
how were words allocated to each section?
using random number generator
how did participants view words?
via powerpoint at the rate of one word every 3 seconds
was deception used?
yes they were not told a real aim
once all words had been viewed what happened?
the participants had 2o seconds before they had to start recalling words
recall took 2 minutes
how many words were recalled in the beginning?
119
how many words recalled in middle?
93
