[🧠] Andrade

Question 1

What is the aim of Andrade?

Andrade

Answer 1

To investigate whether doodling aids concentration and whether it affects the recall of places and names

Question 2

In Andrade, how was ‘monitoring performance score’ calculated for each participant?

Andrade

Answer 2

(the number of correct names) - (the number of false alarms)

Andrade (doodling)

Question 3

State the features of the sample used in Andrade

Andrade

Answer 3

• 40
• members of the MRC Applied Psychology Unit participant panel
• 35 female, 5 male
• 18 - 55 years
• selected from the general population
• had just finished participating in another study and were bored
• paid a small honorarium for participation

Question 4

Andrade

Describe the psychology being investigated in the study by Andrade (doodling)

4 marks

Answer 4

• Looking at whether doodling aides cognitive concentration
• Investigating whether arousal levels need to be maintained to be able to concentrate
• Investigating the cognitive processing of dual tasks that compete for the same levels of performance
• Investigating whether boredom plays a role in paying attention to information
• Investigating information processing when asked to do ‘two things at once’