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Grant et al. (1998) - Context-dependent Memory
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- 1Grant et al. (1998) - Context-dependent MemoryDo we remember information learned better in the context in which we learned it?
- 2Aims & Research QuestionsInvestigate whether context cues are important when remembering newly learned information.
Whether learned info is remembered in matching or non-matching environment.
To test for context-dependency effects caused by presence or absence or noise during learning and retrieval. - 3Research MethodLab Experiment
Independent Design
IV: whether study and testing conditions were matching or not.
DV: recall- short answer test 10 Q's
Retrieval- multiple choice test 16 Q's - 4SampleOpportunity sample
39 students from Iowa state university
Aged 17-56
17 females, 23 males - 5ProcedureStudents tested one at a time
8 experimenters and 4 experimental conditions:
- Learn in silence, recall in silence
- Learn in silence, recall in noise
- Learn in noise, recall in silence
- Learn in noise, recall in noise - 6Procedure (2)Pp's in all conditions wore headphones:
- Noisy condition, pp heard recording of noise in cafe - played moderate loud level
- Silent condition, pp heard nothing - 7Procedure (3)Pp's read 2-page article on psychoimmunology- told they would be tested on it. Allowed to highlight and underline as normal.
Test involved 10 short-answer Q's and 16 multiple choice Q's. - 8Procedure (4)Time taken for pp's to read article was recorded for each pp.
2 min break between reading and test.
Pp's randomly allocated to each of 4 conditions. - 9Results.
- 10Results (2)Found that more information was remembered in the matching conditions than the non-matching recall conditions.
- 11ConclusionsContext cues are important in retrieval of newly learned information.
This suggests that students would perform better in exams by studying in silence. - 12EvaluationQuantitative data collected.
No ethical issues
High EV - represents real life situations
Replicable- standardised
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