Laney Check

Participants were tested ...

• Individually

• In pairs

• In group of max 5

• In goup of max 8

A problem with the sample is ...

• Size is too small, not representative to the wider population

• Does not represent both genders

• Imbalance proportion of gender representatives

• Participants did not give their consent to join the study

Describe the briefing of Experiment 1:

• About food preferences

• About personality

• A cover story

• Told only to experimental group

FHI in experiment 1 shows:

• No difference between “love” & “control” condition

• Insignificant difference between “love” and “control” condition

• Significant difference between “love” and “control” condition

Identify all questionnaire that were used as a "before" and "after' measurement in experiment 2

• FHI

• RQ

• FCQ

• FPQ

• MBQ

An advantage of the chosen research method is ...

• higher ecological validity

• control over extraneous variables

• opportunity to explore development

• encourage participants to behave naturally

How many questionnaires were run repeatedly in Experiment 1?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

"As a young child, you disliked broccoli, you enjoyed fried foods, you loved asparagus and you are happy when your friends brought sweets to school."

Identify the filler items in the profile above.

• dislike broccoli

• enjoyed fried food

• loved asparagus

• happy with sweets

Before the Laney et al experiment begin, the participants were told:

• that the experiment was designed to implant false memories of liking asparagus as a child

• what tasks they would be doing e.g. questionnaires AND that it was a study about the relationship between food preferences and personality

• that the experiment was designed to reduce the ceiling effect when studying food preferences

• that the experiment was designed to study the bystander effect

The participants were not told the true nature of the Laney et al experiment in the beginning because:

• the researchers wanted to avoid the influence of demand characteristics

• the researchers wanted to avoid the ceiling effect

• the researchers wanted to ensure that only one independent variable was being used

• the researchers wanted to ensure that the dependent variable was being correctly identified.