Laney Study 1

Pilot studies involved participants getting false feedback about pickles and eggs

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT true?

• Loving a particular food the first time one tries it creates a strong memory about that event.

• One of the aims of the study was see if it was possible to implant a positive false memory and for that memory to have consequences.

• One of the aims of the study was see if it was possible to implant a positive false memory

• Previous studies had involved making people believe that they had been made sick by certain foods.

Why was asparagus chosen as the feature of the false memory?

• Because most adults can't remember liking it as children

• Because its a healthy vegetable

• Because it has a rather sophisticated taste, and thus not a food that most children immediately like

• Because most people don't like it.

What was the sample of the first study?

• 128 students from the University of California.

• 128 students from the University of Washington

• 103 students from the University of Washington

• 128 students from the University of California, Irvine

Characteristics of this sample included

• Mostly male (72%) with a mean age of 21.9

• Mostly female (77%) with a mean age of 20.8.

• Mostly male (67%) with a mean age of 20.8.

• Mostly female (75%) with a mean age of 21.8.

The experimental design was?

• Matched Pairs

• Repeated Measures

• Independent Measures

• Quasi

The respective numbers in the LOVE and CONTROL group were?

• 63 and 65

• 65 and 63

• 62 and 69

• 68 and 65

What were the subjects told about the nature of the study?

• It was about Food Preferences and Attachment Styles

• It was about Food Preferences and Eating Habits

• It was about Food Preferences and Disposition for Dieting

• It was about Food Preferences and Personality

Which was NOT part of the battery of questionnaires given to the participants in Session 1?

• Food Preferences Questionnaire

• Food History Inventory

• Restaurant Questionnaire

• Eating habits Questionnaire

The Food History Questionnaire included....

• 24 items and the critical item was “Loved asparagus the first time you tried it,”

• 26 items and the critical item was “Loved the way your Mum cooked asparagus,”

• 24 items and the critical item was “Loved cooked asparagus,”

• 32 items and the critical item was “Loved asparagus the first time you tried it,”