Practical Investigation Flashcards
What was the aim of the study?
The number of items that were recalled in the correct order.
What was the experimental hypothesis?
(One tail directional) - Participants will recall more words from a list of 30 when recall is in the same environment as learning then when they are different.
What was the null hypothesis?
there will be no significant difference and any significant difference would be due to chance.
What was the design?
independent measures as participants did onlt one of the conditions - however they are likely to do better in the second conditions.
What was the sample?
5 males and 12 females. All King Edward Students from West Midlands, 16-17 year old.
What was the procedure?
Participants had to look at board for about 30 seconds which they had to try and remember the order of the words. Then they had 30 seconds to write down all the words using a whiteboard and a pen. Group one - did it in a different environment whereas Group two did it in the same environment.
What were the results?
Group one mean - 10.4 number of items remembered. Group two mean 13 words remembered.
What was the conclusion?
