Andrade-Procedure (doodling Assisting Informating Processing)

Question 1

What was the aim of the study?

Answer 1

To investigate whether doodling assisted in information processing. By improving attentiveness or enhancing memory.

Question 2

What were the materials used in the study?

Answer 2

• Mock telephone message
• A4 sheet with alternating rows of squares and circles (10 per row) and a wide margin.
• A4 lined paper

Question 3

How long was the mock telephone call?

Answer 3

2.5 minutes

Question 4

What was the average speed of the mock telephone call?

Answer 4

227 words per minute

Question 5

How much names were heard on the mock telephone call?

Answer 5

• 8 names of party- goers
• 3 people and a cat non-party goers
• 8 names of places

Question 6

What instructions were given to the all ppts?

Answer 6

Standardised instructions before the tape was played.

• The tape will be dull but I don’t want you to remember any of it
• Write down the names of the party-goers
• Don’t write anything else

Question 7

What instructions were the control group given?

Answer 7

• Standardised instructions before the tape was played.
• Given an A4 sheet to record responses (could’ve been used to doodle)
• Write down names of party-goers

Question 8

What instructions were the doodling/experimental group given?

Answer 8

• Given A4 sheet with alternating rows of square and circles with a margin to record target info.
• Shade in the shapes (whilst listening)
• It doesn’t matter how quickly you do this it’s just something to help relieve boredom
• Write down names of party goers

Question 9

Describe the mock telephone call

Answer 9

• Lasted 2.5 minutes
• Monotonous voice
• Average speed of 227 WPM

Question 10

Describe the introduction part of the procedure

Answer 10

1. Ppts were recruited after completing a different study.
2. The ppts were taken into a visually dull room.
3. They were asked to listen to a tape recording of a telephone message
4. Ppts were asked dto write down the names of theparty attendees (monitoring task)
5. The control group were given A4 lined paper
6. The experimental group were given A4 paper with alternating rows of squares and circles with a wide margin.

Question 11

2) Describe the experimental tasks

Answer 11

1. All ppts had to listen to a mock phone at a comfortable volume all that lasted 2.5 minutes with an average of 227 WPM recorded in a monotonous voice.
   2.Write down the names of the partygoers

Question 12

3) Describe the deception part of the procedure

Answer 12

• The researcher collected the response sheets.
• Talked to the ppts for 1 minute and then apologised for the deception. Introducing a surprise recall task in the places mentioned
• The order of these task were counter balanced

Question 13

4) Describe the debriefing part of the produce

Answer 13

• The ppts were debriefed and asked whether or not they suspected they would be given a memory test

Question 14

How was counterbalancing used in this study?

Answer 14

• Half of the ppts in each group were asked to recall the names of partygoers then the locations
• The other half did the opposite