GRANT

Question 1

Aim?

Answer 1

Investigate context dependent memory effects on both recall and recognition

Question 2

Participants?

Answer 2

8 psychology students acted as experimenters and each of these 8 were required to recruit 5 friends as ps. 39 ps

Question 3

What was the recall test ?

Answer 3

Test began with 10 short answer questions

Question 4

What was the recognition test?

Answer 4

16 multiple choice questions which had 4 options to choose from

Question 5

Conclusions ?

Answer 5

Students are more likely to perform better in exams if they study for them with minimal background noise as it will not be present during actual testing

Question 6

Results for recall test

Answer 6

Studied in Silence recalled in silence- 6.7

Studied in silence Recalled in noise - 4.6

Question 7

Results of recognition

Answer 7

Recalled in silence studied in noise - 14.3

Recalled in noise studied in silence- 12.7

Question 8

Ethics

Answer 8

Informed consent
Briefed on task
Full debrief
Involvement voluntary so consent

Question 9

Validity

Answer 9

Due to highly controlled lab exp it has high design validity
Procedure and apparatus was standardised & ps tested individually
The noise was from uni canteen so normal to what students hear so high ecological validity

Question 10

Useful ness debate

Answer 10

Can suggest to students the benefits of studying in silence . However usefulness of this can be cancelled out of all students revise in silence , you lose your advantage.