Godden and Baddeley 1975

Godden and Baddeley 1975

1. M- field ex- high in eco v - true to life as p's - experienced divers- natural environment.

   • task v low - do not learn words underwater.
     • field ex- less reliability than lab ex.
       • much of ex was controlled but replication of weather is difficult.
         • divers were on a pleasure diving holiday at the time - no control over time tested.
           • p's chose location r- no constant location
             • equip failure - not all of study controlled and standardised.

2. G- 18 students - small sample. NRWP

3. A- interference and trace decay.

   • interfernace and disruptions - moving from settings
     • this explains lower recall in differnet context conditions.
     • investigated further - second study with two groups disrupted, non disrupted conditions.
       • results: 8.44 words for non disrupted, 8.69 words for sirupted conditions.
         • figures similar - concluded this factor did not cause the differnces in result of the primary study.

4. suggest context cue aids recalls

   • help trigger memories of eyewitness
     • purpose of reconstruction in crimewatch.
   • advise divers - working north sea oil rigs - to develop strategies - to recall info
     • collected on sea bed. use same context to aid recall

5. cannot be 100% sure cheating did not occur underwater

   • but if this was the case higher scores expected.