Andrade Summed up

Question 1

What and how long was the audio recording

Answer 1

Audio recording
- was a 2.5mins
mock tp. convo.
about a party.

Question 2

What was standardized instructions?

Answer 2

1. Should pretend as if they are
   being invited to the party and
   that the speaker was their friend
2. Tape is dull, they are not
   required to remember any of it
3. Write the names of people
   who will (probably) come to the
   party (excluding themselves)
4. Not to write anything else

Question 3

Psychology Being Investigated

Answer 3

1. Attention
   Defined as the concentration of mental effort on sensory or mental events.
2. Memory
   Encoding→Storage →Retrieval of information(long term)

Question 4

Experimental Vs Control group differences

Answer 4

The exp. Group - given an
A4 paper, with the shapes to
shade, to write the names
and a pencil.
They were told to shade the
shape while listening to the
tape and to not worry about
the speed/neatness.
vs
The control group - given a
sheet of lined paper with no
shapes to shade.

Question 5

After recording?

Answer 5

-Response sheets were
collected. conversed
with the participants for 1
min.
-deception of the surprise
memory test was revealed.
-Half from the CG and EX
asked to recall the
names first and then
places, the other group was
counterbalanced.
- asked,
whether guessed that
there would be a memory
test towards the end.

Question 6

Results

Answer 6

CG- no one doodled
EG-Shaded 36.3 shapes. One doopf didn’t doodled. DF was replaced
EG-MEAN: 7.8
CG:MEAN: 7.1

Question 7

NAMES

Answer 7

ATTENDED- CRAIG, CLAIRE, WILLIAM,JENNY
LURES- BEN THE CAT, NIGEL, NICKY
PLACES- EDINBURGH,LONDON, HARLOW