Sparrow (2011) Quiz

The Sample consisted of 60 students at which level?

• Postgraduate

• Undergraduate

• High school

• Middle school

How were participants presented with the trivia facts used?

• On a piece of paper.

• From a projected power-point.

• Verbally, from the researcher.

• On a computer screen.

Half the ppts, were told that hitting the space bar would ____ their answer; the other half were told that this would erase their answer.

After the ppts. copied out the 40 facts what did they have to do?

• Recall as many as they could on a computer; complete a recognition task.

• Recall as many as they could on a piece of paper; say whether they were true or false.

• Recall as many as they could on a computer; say whether they were true or false.

• Recall as many as they could on a piece of paper; complete a recognition task.

Those who were told their typed out trivia facts would be saved recalled ____ (more/less) than those who were told that they would be erased.

Quick! Draw a sparrow.