X Cognitive (contemporary) - Grant X Flashcards
background
.Godden + Baddeley
.divers learned and recalled list of words on land/under water
.recall was better when recall context was same as learned context
context dependent memory
memory is improved if the environment that info is recalled is the same as where it is learned
recall memory
remembering information with no prompts
recognition memory
remember information from a list
aim
to investigate if context dependent memory effects both recall and recognition memory in students
prediction
Grant predicted that context dependent memory wont help with recognition memory - because cues taken from a recognition list are more important than environmental cues
research method/experimental design
lab experiment
independent measures
sample method
Grant got 8 students to recruit 5 friends as participants
opportunity sampling
8 students were researchers not p’s
sample
39 students (1 dropout)
17f vs 23 m
mean age 23
test conditions
study test
noise noise
silent silent
noise silent
silent noise
how recall was measured
began with 10 short answer Qs
ranged from single word to a short phrase
how they measured recognition
16 multiple choice (4 choices in each)
Qs had phrases used straight from the text as well as some paraphrased parts
procedure
.participants read standardised instructions which emphasised it was voluntary
.told it was for a class project
.They read an article once - told theyd be taking short quiz after
.silent condition - told nothing would be played through headphones
.noisy - told theyd hear moderately loud background noise
.2 min break between study and test
.Ps debreifed after
controls
instructions at beginning headphones when reading and testing 2 min break debriefed tested individually recall tested first
silent study + silent test (recall)
6.7/10 mean
