Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil (2012)

Question 1

what were the aims?

Answer 1

• study developmental pattern of thinking overtime
• analyse developmental pattern of phonological loop in children aged 5-17
• look at decline of digit span
• see if Anglo- Saxon data would be the same or higher for Spanish speakers

Question 2

who was the sample?

Answer 2

• 570 volunteers from various schools in Madrid aged 5-17, none of them held back a year

Question 3

how many groups were ppts split into?

Answer 3

• 5 age groups, so each condition consisted of different ages

Question 4

what was the material?

Answer 4

• digit span material consisted of random sequences of digits read aloud by experimenters at a rate of one per second.
• an item was gradually added to increase the sequence of the digits.

Question 5

what was the procedure?

Answer 5

• ppts. tested individually in their break time
• each time a ppt. got a sequence correct another digit was added to increase the span
• started with a sequence of 3 digits

Question 6

what was the mean digit span for 5 year olds?

Answer 6

• 3.76
• significant difference was showed to others (youngest ppts.)