Grant

Question 1

Area

Answer 1

Cognitive

Question 2

Which classic study does it relate to?

Answer 2

Loftus and Palmer

Question 3

What is context dependent memory?

Answer 3

We are able to recall information best if we recall it in the same environment me learned it in

Question 4

Aim

Answer 4

To investigate context dependent memory in relation to meaningful prose

Question 5

Sample

Answer 5

40 participants chosen by 8 student researchers

Question 6

Sampling method

Answer 6

Opportunity

Question 7

Experimental design

Answer 7

Independent measures

Question 8

Procedure

Answer 8

1. Participants read a 2 page article on psychoimmunology while wearing headphones that were either silent or had a recording for from the noise of the cafeteria at lunch.
2. Participants were given both a recall and a recognition test again with headphones that had one of the two sounds (so there were 4 conditions in total)

Question 9

Findings

Answer 9

Participants scored 14.3 in the recognition test when the contexts matched compared to 12.7 when they didn’t

Question 10

Conclusion

Answer 10

Context dependent memory is a good theory

Question 11

Similarities to Loftus and Palmer

Answer 11

Experimental design (independent measures)
Observation method (self-report using questionnaires)

Question 12

Differences to Loftus and Palmer

Answer 12

They focus on different influences on memory (leading questions vs conditions learned in)
The type of stimuli given (video vs article/meaningful prose)

Question 13

How has and hasn’t it changed our understanding from Loftus and Palmer?

Answer 13

It had investigated a new type of memory (context dependent vs reconstructive)
Still in the US