
Positive and negative effects of technology on cognition
Authored by Andrew Farmer
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What was Blacker´s (2014) IV?
Whether pts played action games or non-action games
Pts score on a visual working memory task
Pts level of experience in using the internet
The type of encoding they did.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a limitation of Sparrow´s (2011) study?
It used a 2x2 factorial design
There was a gender bias in the sample
The information the pts had to memorise had little personal relevance
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is a strength of Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014)?
It was an independent measures design
The standard deviations were high.
It had a standardized procedure
4.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What explanation did Mueller & Oppenheimer give for their findings?
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When pts make notes by hand, they are forced to summarize what they hear. This requires a level of cognitive processing that is not necessary when typing as most people can type quickly enough to write down everything a speaker says. This additional cognitive processing may have helped these pts recall the information.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or false: Small´s (2009) study lacked ecological validity.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which TWO of the following are limitations of Blacker (2014)?
Order effects may have influenced the findings.
There was no way to check the pts were doing what they had been asked.
There was low internal validity.
The sample had a gender bias.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main problem with Blacker´s (2014) sample?
The sample was unrepresentative.
The pts were old.
It was very small
A number of pts dropped out while the study was in progress.
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