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1
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Aim?

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Investigate context dependent memory effects on both recall and recognition

2
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Participants?

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8 psychology students acted as experimenters and each of these 8 were required to recruit 5 friends as ps. 39 ps

3
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What was the recall test ?

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Test began with 10 short answer questions

4
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What was the recognition test?

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16 multiple choice questions which had 4 options to choose from

5
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Conclusions ?

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Students are more likely to perform better in exams if they study for them with minimal background noise as it will not be present during actual testing

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Results for recall test

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Studied in Silence recalled in silence- 6.7

Studied in silence Recalled in noise - 4.6

7
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Results of recognition

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Recalled in silence studied in noise - 14.3

Recalled in noise studied in silence- 12.7

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Ethics

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Informed consent
Briefed on task
Full debrief
Involvement voluntary so consent

9
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Validity

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Due to highly controlled lab exp it has high design validity
Procedure and apparatus was standardised & ps tested individually
The noise was from uni canteen so normal to what students hear so high ecological validity

10
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Useful ness debate

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Can suggest to students the benefits of studying in silence . However usefulness of this can be cancelled out of all students revise in silence , you lose your advantage.