Grant et al. (1998) - Context-dependent Memory

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Grant et al. (1998) - Context-dependent Memory Do we remember information learned better in the context in which we learned it?
Aims & Research Questions Investigate 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.
Research Method Lab 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
Sample Opportunity sample 39 students from Iowa state university Aged 17-56 17 females, 23 males
Procedure Students 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
Procedure (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
Procedure (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.
Procedure (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.
Results .
Results (2) Found that more information was remembered in the matching conditions than the non-matching recall conditions.
Conclusions Context cues are important in retrieval of newly learned information. This suggests that students would perform better in exams by studying in silence.
Evaluation Quantitative data collected. No ethical issues High EV - represents real life situations Replicable- standardised
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