STUDIES - Conrad and Hull (1964) Flashcards

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Introduction

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  • Experiment
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Aim

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Demonstrate the phonological similarity effect and see how information is coded in STM

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Procedure

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METHOD
Participants had to immediately recall lists of 6 consonants

  • Phonologically similar (B, D, G, C…)
  • Phonologically different (F, H, R, X…)
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Results

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  • Rhyming lists were more difficult to remember
  • Showed the phonological similarity effect: Traces of similarly sounding letters (if encoded acoustically) are easier to confuse with each other
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Findings

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  • Phonological similarity affects how well items are recalled
  • Memory for speech material uses a sound-based storage system called the phonological store
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Limitations

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  • Low ecological validity: Recalling lists of consonants is not a typical case in real life
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