Cognitive area: Grant et al Flashcards

1
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What key theme does Grant look into?

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Memory

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2
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What is the name of the background study for Grant?

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Godden and Baddley

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3
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What did Godden and Baddley test?

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Context dependent memory on deep sea divers

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4
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Describe how Godden and Baddley tested context dependent memory on deep sea divers?

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Got them to learn a list of words underwater or on land and then tested them underwater or on land to see how well they could remember them

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What did Godden and Baddley find in terms of context dependent memory of the deep sea divers?

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That the divers remembered words better if they recalled the words in the same environment that they learnt them in

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6
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Define context dependent memory

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Where memory is improved if the environment that the learning takes place in is the same as the environment where a memory is recalled

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7
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What is recall memory?

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Remembering info without prompts

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8
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What is recognition memory?

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Recognising info from a list/prompts (e.g. MCQ’s)

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9
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What was the aim of Grant’s study?

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To investigate if CDM affects both the recall and recognition of information

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10
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Outline which research method did Grant use and give a justification for this

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Lab experiment - high controls and IV of background noise was manipulated

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11
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What experimental design did Grant use?

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Independent measures

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12
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Describe how the sample was obtained

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8 psychology students acted as experimenters and recruited 5 p’s each

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13
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What sampling method did Grant use?

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Opportunity

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14
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Describe the sample

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39 (17 females and 22 males) participants, aged 17-56

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15
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What were the matching conditions?

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Silent study followed by silent test

Noisy study followed by noisy test

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16
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What were the mismatching conditions?

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Silent study followed by noisy test

Noisy study followed by silent test

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17
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How was recall memory measured?

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By their score from 10 short answer questions, each with a one word or short phrase answer

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18
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How was recognition memory measured?

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By their score from 16 MCQ’s with 4 choices

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19
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What instructions did the experimenter give to the participants?

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That they were to read the 2 page article on psychoimmunology once and could highlight and/or underline anything important as they read

20
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What was the background noise that p’s in the noisy conditions listened to?

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Noise from within the university cafeteria of people talking with sounds of chairs and plates being moved

21
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What did the experimenter note down after the participant had finished reading?

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How long it took them to read the article

22
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What were P’s given after they finished the article?

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A 2 minute break

23
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What happened at the end of the procedure?

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P’s were debriefed

24
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How long did the procedure last?

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About 30 minutes

25
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List some of the controls used

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Same instructions
Always wore headphones
Same questions in same order
Same article

26
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What was the mean score of the matching conditions for the recall task?

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6.7 (s/s) and 6.2 (n/n)

27
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What was the mean score of the mismatching conditions for the recall task?

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4.6 (s/n) and 5.4 (n/s)

28
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What was the mean score of the matching conditions for the recognition task?

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Both 14.3

29
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What was the mean score of the mismatching conditions for the recognition task ?

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Both 12.7

30
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What type of data was collected?

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Quantitative data

31
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How come CD effects have been found reliably for recall but not for recognition tasks?

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Because of Smith’s ‘outshining’ hypothesis which suggests that the recognition items act as strong retrieval cues which outshine the effect of the contextual cues

32
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Why were the participants given an article to read rather than a list of words?

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Because it was more meaningful material

33
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Why did they choose to give P’s an article about psychoimmunology?

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Because the researchers thought that it would be interesting for P’s

34
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Why did Grant choose to manipulate background noise rather than music?

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Because different people prefer different music

35
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Why did Grant focus more on the study conditions rather than the test conditions?

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Because students have more control over their study conditions than their test conditions

36
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Why did they do the recall test first?

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To ensure that any information recalled was from their memory of the test rather than from the MC test

37
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Why were P’s given a 2 minute break?

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To minimise recall information from their short term memory

38
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Why was 1 participants results excluded?

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Because his scores were atypically low

39
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Why were participants informed of the condition they would be in before testing began?

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To ensure that the study was ethical

40
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Which ethical guidelines did Grant uphold?

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All of them

41
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Was the procedure controlled, standardised and replicable? (internal reliability)

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Yes - high level controls and standardised procedure

42
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Was a consistent effect found between matching and mismatching conditions? (external reliability)

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39 is a good sample size for consistent effect to be found, however only 10 p’s per condition may not be that consistent

43
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Was it an accurate test of context dependent memory? (construct validity)

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To an extent yes because of the break between the reading and the testing however, 2 minutes isn’t very long and therefore may have just been measuring STM

44
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Did the tasks resemble real life tasks? (ecological validity)

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For students yes because they often complete tests/exams

45
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Could Grant’s study be considered ethnocentric?

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Could apply to most cultures (as memory is a species specific behaviour) however we can’t assume that all cultures take tests in this way

46
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How had Grant’s study changed our understanding of memory?

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Adds knowledge to our understanding of memory

47
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How has Grant’s study not changed our understanding of memory?

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Doesn’t change our understanding but does confirm the theory that there are differences in memory depending on the environmental conditions