Andrade (method, Sample)

Question 1

Aim of the study

Answer 1

To investigate whether doodling assisted information processing. By increasing attentiveness or by enhancing memory.

Question 2

What type of experiment was this?

Answer 2

Lab experiment

Question 3

What was the experiential design?

Answer 3

Independent measures design

Question 4

Why was the experiment an independent measures design?

Answer 4

Ppts were either in the control group or doodling group

Question 5

How much people were in the sample?

Answer 5

40 ppts

Question 6

What type of sample was Andrade’s study?

Answer 6

Opportunity

Question 7

How were the sample recruited?

Answer 7

• They were asked if they had 5 minutes to help with another separate study at the UNI (To enhance boredom)

Question 8

Describe the sample

Answer 8

• 40 members of the Medical Research Council for cognitive research.
• Paid a small sum for participation
• 20 ppts in each group

Question 9

What was the age range of the sample?

Answer 9

18-55

Question 10

How much men/women were in the sample?

Answer 10

• Mainly females
  -2 males in the control group
  -3 in doodling group (-1 as one didn’t doodle and was replaced)

Question 11

What was the iv?

Answer 11

Whether they doodled or not

Question 12

What was the dv?

Answer 12

Responses on the 2 tasks

Question 13

How was the dv operationalised?

Answer 13

• Plausible mishearings were counted as correct;(Greg for Craig)
• Totally wrong names as false alarms;
• Other words relating to people were ignored

Question 14

What were the false alarms?

Answer 14

• Names that were on the tape but not party goers
• Completely new names made by ppts

Question 15

What was the monitored information?

Answer 15

The names

Question 16

What was the incidental information

Answer 16

Names of places

Question 17

How was the final memory score for monitored and incidental information calculated?

Answer 17

(Number of)
Correct names and places- false alarms

Question 18

Why were the sample recruited in this way?

Answer 18

• They were already planning to go home
• Enhances the boredom of the task
• Recruits ppts quicker and faster than volunteer sample