Andrade (doodling) Flashcards
1
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aim
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Can doodling help with processing information?
By making us pay more attention to an activity/ enhancing our memory?
2
Q
IV & DV
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IV: Group. Doodle/ Control.
DV: Number of names and places recalled
3
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sample
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- 40 participants
- Age 18- 55
- 5 males total (3 in doodling group)
- From the Medical Research Council unit for cognitive research
4
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method
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- Lab Experiment
- Independents measures design (Participants either in control or in doodling group)
5
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procedure
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- Participants listen to a boring phone call after being in another experiment.
- There were 8 attendants 8 Places, 3 who couldn’t attend and a cat.
- They were told to not remember anything from the call.
- To write the names of people who are attending and to ignore everything else.
- After the tape, there was a 1-minute session of convo. The experimenter apologises for lying
- Half the group writes down names of people then places and the other write down places then names
6
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doodling condition
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Shading shaped
Each row had either circles or squares in alternating order.
7
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false alarms
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False alarm: Naming non-party- goers e.g John
Mishearing: Confusing names i.e Craig instead of Greg. Marked correct.
8
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results
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Doodling group:
- 7.8/8 attendants correct
- 7.5 total of names and places
- 0.3 false alarms
Control group:
- 7.1/8 attendants correct
- 5.8 names and places
- 0.4 false alarms
9
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conclusion
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Doodling helps with concentration.
Why?
- Doodlers may have noticed more target words as they were paying more attention
- Doodlers memory was improved
10
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strengths
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- Lab = Less Extraneous Variable:
Quantitative data collected. - Standardisations and Controles.
Participant Variables lower- Operationalisation of the I.V
Generalisable (Broad Ages)
High internal Validity
11
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weaknesses
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- Participant Variables
- Ethics raised
- Gynocentric: More females than males
Low ecological Validity
Demand characteristics - Lacks Qualitative data- Concentration or memory enhanced?
