PRACTICALS

Question 1

What is the aim of the cognitive practical

Answer 1

Investigate whether short term memory encodes acoustically similar words better or acoustically dissimilar words better

Question 2

What is the one tailed hypothesis of ur cognitive practical

Answer 2

Ppts should recall more acoustic dissimilar words than order than acoustically similar in order for the word list

Question 3

Procedure for cognitive practical

Answer 3

Ppts gave informed consent
Each word from the word list was displayed for 3 seconds
Using an independent groups design
Words were then shown in jumbled order
Ppts would need to write down the words in order of showing

Question 4

What was the analysis for cognitive practical

Answer 4

Mann whitney U
Calculated value 25.5 greater than the critical value 21 we accept the null
Meaning that no difference between as and ads words

Question 5

Strength of cognitive practical

Answer 5

Standardised tasks
2 words lists given to ppts
Told to recall the order of words
Each word displayed for 3 seconds
Each word is equally common in language
Recall ability mainly affected by the acoustics of word list

Question 6

Weakness of the cognitive practical

Answer 6

Different testing conditions
Some ppts were tested in bedrooms and some in living rooms
Differing levels of distraction and noise
Therefore environmental factors may affect the recall ability not just acoustics

Question 7

Improvement of cognitive practical 1

Answer 7

Use the same environment
By using a room with nothing in it and no body who will be a distraction
Ensures that the recall ability of word list are not influence by environment

Question 8

Improvement of cognitive 2

Answer 8

Use ppts of the same age
Get ppl of the same age and compare results
As ppl who are older might have a worse memory compared to younger ppl
This ensures the recall ability of word list are not based in age difference