Remember to get full marks on your description of a study
questions to:
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Make at least one point on the aim of the study
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Make at least three points on the procedure of the study
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Make at least one point on the results of the study
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Make at least one point on the conclusion of the study
Aim:
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To see whether words would be recalled better in
the same environment than in a very different environment
Procedure:
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18 University Divers
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13 men, 5 women
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A list of words was presented to them
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Half were presented with the list of words to
learn on the beach or 15 feet under the sea
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Two conditions were used to recall the words in
one being the same condition they learnt the words, the other being the
opposite condition they learnt the words to recite them
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Participants were also given a recognition test on
the words to control the accuracy of recall due to the disruptive change
Results:
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Whether words were presented above or under the
water did not affect the accuracy of recall
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The participants recalled more words in the
environment they learnt the words in
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In the recognition test changing environment had
no effect
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30% more words were forgotten when the
environment changed
Conclusion:
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The results show us that context cues enhance
recall
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The fact that recognition was unaffected by the
change in environment suggests that the change itself was not responsible for
the decline in accuracy of recall
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