results Flashcards
general results
Only three participants in the doodling condition and four in the control group suspected a memory test
All claimed they had actively tried to remember the information for the test.
(this would have reduced the validity of the study so these scores were removed in the final scoring)
amount of doodling
Experimental group shaded an average of 36.6 shapes (range 3-110)
One person did not shade any shapes so they were replaced with another participant.
No one in the control group doodled.
Monitoring accuracy
Note: plausible mishearing - if a participant misheard a name, it was considered correct (eg: Craig/Greg
Names of participants who would not attend or responses such as ‘sister’ were considered false alarms
15 participants in the doodling group and 9 in the control group scored maximum monitoring score.
Monitoring performance was significantly higher in the doodling condition with a mean of 7.7 , than in the control condition with a mean of 6.9
Recall performance
Overall recall for the doodling condition was 7.5 pieces of information (names plus places)
Compared to 5.8 in the control condition
Even when the scores of participants who had suspected a memory test were removed, the difference between the two groups was still significant
average shaded in exp condition
36.3
how many people didnt shade and how was this made up for
1 person
replaced them
how many people got max in both
15/20 in doodling
9/20 control
mean of monitoring performance
doodling 7.7
control 6.9
significantly higher
hoe many people suspected
3doodling
4 control
conclusions
1-doodling can improve concentration when listening
2-helps us remember info better even if not trying to
