WorksheetsThe Cognitive Approach Core Studies
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 35mins
What type of experiment was the Andrade Study?
Lab experiment
Field experiment
Natural Experiment
What was the Independent Variable in the Andrade study?
How many names Ps could recall
Ps told to doodle or not doodle
Amount of doodling
None of the above
Which of the following is FALSE about the participants in the Andrade study?
One replaced for not doodling
20 Control Ps (2 male)
20 Experimental/doodling Ps (3 male)
Aged 18-25yrs
Which sampling technique was used in the Andrade study?
Random
Opportunity
Volunteer
What type of data was collected in the Andrade study?
Quantitative
Qualitative
Both
In the Andrade study, half of the participants were asked to recall the names of places first, then the names of people. The other half recalled in the opposite order. This is called...
Validity
Repeated measures
Counterbalancing
What were the participants instructed to recall in the Andrade study?
Names of people attending party
Names of people not attending party
Names of places
Name of the cat
What was the mean number of doodled shapes?
15.6
29
36.3
52.8
Doodling group correctly recalled a mean of _____ out of the 8 party-goer's names.
5.9 (SD 1.1)
7.1 (SD 1.1)
7.8 (SD 1.1)
Control group (no doodling) correctly recalled a mean of _____ out of the 8 party-goer's names.
5.9 (SD 1.1)
7.1 (SD 1.1)
7.8 (SD 1.1)
Doodling participants recalled ___% more people and places than the control group.
21%
27%
29%
31%
For both names of people and places,
Doodling Ps remembered a mean of a)_______
Control Ps remembered a mean of b)_______
[Pick 2]
a) 7.5
a) 7.8
b) 5.4
b) 5.8
What was the main conclusion of Andrade's study?
Doodling helps concentration
Doodling makes concentration worse
Doodling makes no difference
How many participants were there in the Andrade study?
1
9
40
185
What two explanations did Andrade give for the conclusion? (pick 2)
Doodling may stop daydreaming
Doodling may improve attention
Doodling may improve memory
What strengths did the Andrade study have?
Generalisability (good sample)
Reliability (controlled procedure)
Validity (controlled procedure)
Ethics
Which is the key problem with the sample in the Andrade study?
All were volunteers from a participant panel
Were varied in age (18-55)
Sample size was too small to be considered generalisable
How may some participants have shown demand characteristics in the Andrade study?
Many decided not to doodle
Some may have daydreamed
Some guessed it was a memory test
How could the Andrade study be improved?
Increase the length of voice recording
Ask if Ps daydreamed
Done in a natural setting
At the end of the doodling study, there was a debrief after the participants were deceived (given surprise memory test).
True
False
What were the participants unexpectedly asked to recall?
Names of people attending party
Names of people not attending party
Names of places
Name of the cat
The research aimed to test if ... were impaired in Reading the Mind in the Eyes test.
children with Asperger Syndrome
children with High - functioning Autism
adults with Asperger Syndrome
adults with High-functioning Autism
How many conditions were there in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study?
2
3
4
5
The research methods used in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study were ...
laboratory experiment
field experiment
natural experiment
case study
What is the average score of Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test in the experimental group?
21.9
26.2
28.0
30.9
Which group in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study scored highest in the AQ test?
Experimental group
Adult comparison of general population
Cambridge students
IQ matched group
Which one is the experimental group(s) in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study?
IQ matched group
Cambridge students
Adult comparison of general population
Adults with AS/HFA
Identify all the control groups in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study.
Adults with AS/HFA
IQ matched group
Adult comparison in general population
Cambridge students
In the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study, volunteer sampling was used to recruit participants of ...
Cambridge students
Adult comparison of general population
Adults with HFA/ AS
IQ matched group
Identify the sampling method used to recruit Cambridge students in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study.
volunteer
self selected
opportunity
random
Participants in the IQ matched group were recruited using .... sampling method.
volunteer
self selected
opportunity
random
The problems with the former version of Reading the Mind in the Eyes test include ...
many of the AS/HFA group scored almost perfect
polarized options of response
only four forced choices
vocabulary in AQ test may not be understood
As a lab experiment, the study allows control over extraneous variables, which ...
improves reliability
lowers reliability
improves validity
lowers validity
Experimental group is very small. Study may contain problem of ....
internal validity
ecological validity
inter observer reliability
generalisability
As a measurement instrument, The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test is criticized for its lacking in ...
internal validity
ecological validity
inter rater reliability
generalisability
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test would have been better if ...
more options of response were made available
the eyes portrayed were more dynamic
it were done in repeated measure design
it were made longer
The Reading the Mind in the Eyes test score was ...
negatively correlated with IQ
positively correlated with IQ
negatively correlated with AQ
positively correlated wth AQ
The pilot study in the in the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study was done to ...
assemble the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test
identify participants' autism level
established the hypotheses of the research
operationalise the dependent variable
Characteristics of childhood autism include ...
impaired communication skills
impaired IQ
impaired social skills
limited use of imagination in playing
The following is NOT true about the result of the Baron-Cohen Eyes test study ...
AS/HFA group had trouble identifying gender in the Eyes test
Similar result of males and females in the "normal" groups
AQ & Eyes test scores are moderately correlated
Males and females performed differently in AQ test
The study is an example of natural experiment because ...
The experiment was conducted in participants' natural habitat
It aimed to investigate the nature of Reading the Mind in the Eyes test
Participants voluntarily select themselves to be involved in the study
Difference between experimental and control group happened naturally
Which ones are not the purpose of the Laney study?
Investigate underlying mechanism of false memory
Investigate the influence of false feedback to memory
Investigate the correlation between food preferences and personality
Generate participants' profile of eating habit
A problem with the data collecting technique in Laney et al's study is ...
can't measure non verbal cues
question in inter-observer reliability
impractical
subjective interpretation of participants' response
An advantage of the chosen research method in the Laney study is ...
higher ecological validity
control over extraneous variables
opportunity to explore development
encourage participants to behave naturally
A problem with the sample in the Laney study is ...
lack of gender representativeness
course credit granted unethically
too homogeneous
too small in size
In the Laney study, the justifications for the use of deceptions are
increasing inter-rater reliability
protecting the main purpose of the study
reducing researchers' subjectivity
minimizing demand characteristics
In the Laney study, How many questionnaires were run repeatedly in Experiment 1?
1
2
3
4
In the Laney study, how many questionnaires are used in Experiment 2?
6
7
8
9
How many questionnaires were not statistically analyzed in Experiment 1 of the Laney study?
1
2
3
4
There was a significant difference between experimental and control condition, in the increase of asparagus rating as measured by ...... in experiment 1
FHI
RQ
MBQ
FCQ
FPQ
The data from experiment 1 of the Laney study suggests ...
no difference between experimental and control group
significant difference between experimental and control group
insignificant difference between experimental and control group
There are ... non believers for the "love" condition in the Laney Experiment 1.
22
24
20
51
How many "believers" in Laney experiment 1 develop specific false memory?
10
16
14
30
Compared to Experiment 1, sample in Experiment 2 of the Laney study ...
is younger
is larger in size
more representative to the larger population
give more consent
Identify all distractor questionnaires used in the Laney experiment
Common Food Slideshow
Personality Measure
Social Desirability Scale
Food Cost Questionnaire
Restaurant Questionnaire
A downside of the Laney study is ....
difficult to replicate
questions on objectivity
long term effects are not measured
potential of researchers' bias
Identify the experiment type in the Laney study Experiment 1 & 2:
Experiment 1 : field, Experiment 2 : laboratory
Experiment 1 : laboratory, Experiment 2 : laboratory
Experiment 1 : laboratory, Experiment 2 : field
Experiment 1 : field, Experiment 2 : field
in the Laney study, participants were tested ...
Individually
In pairs
In a group of max 5 Ps
In a group of max 8 Ps
Which questionnaire was not done in Experiment 1 in the Laney study?
Eating habits questionnaire
Restaurant Questionnaire
Food Preferences Questionnaire
Common Food Slideshow
Which questionnaire was not done in Experiment 2 of the Laney study?
Eating habits
Restaurant Questionnaire
Food Preferences Questionnaire
Common Food Slideshow
Data of 31 participants were not included in the analysis of the Laney Study because :
They behave unnaturally
They seem to find out the true aim of the study
They like asparagus
Of high score about experience with asparagus
Identify all criteria of “believers”:
Increased rating of asparagus in FHI
Lower rating of FHI in week 2
Reported high score of liking asparagus in first FHI
Reported specific memories of liking asparagus in MBQ
In the Laney study, Experiment 2 aimed to ...
replicate experiment 1
extend the results of experiment 1
explore underlying mechanism of false memory
conduct a more ethical version of experiment 1
Identify all questionnaires that were used as a "before" and "after' in the Laney et all measurement in experiment 2
FHI
RQ
FCQ
FPQ
MBQ
