WorksheetsAndrade Et. al.
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which Psychology approach is the Andrade et. al study?
Biological
Social
Cognitive
Learning
Which of the following was true about the sample for this study?
They were a random sample from the college
most were female
they had an interest in Psychology
They were an opportunistic sample
They were paid
Participants in the doodling group
colored shapes while listening
made note sketches while listening
drew in the margins while listening
took detailed notes while listening
Participants did not know
that the study had to do with psychology
what to listen for
how to doodle
there would be a memory test
Which of the following was NOT a strength of this study?
standardized procedures
mudane realism
controlled setting
Easily replicated
The independent variable was
size of the paper used
listening to the tape
doodling
boredom
Which of the following represents the psychology being investigated in this study?
attention
memory
concentration
artistic ability
How could this information be applied to everyday life?
Teachers could be trained to allow student doodling
students could use doodling for better concentration during lectures
parents could use doodling for discipline
Doodling could be used as a tool for taking notes
What were "False Alarms" in this study?
wrong answers deducted from correct #
The false alarms that went off in the room while listening
answers that sounded the same
answers that created "alarm" for inappropriate content
If one of the participants had included "Ben the Cat" as an attendee to the party how would that be scored?
Correct/ False Alarm
As a "lure"
Incorrect /False Alarm
correct only if a cat doodle was drawn
Half the Participants recalled names then places and the other half places then names this increases validity by preventing
daydreaming
order effects
false alarms
forgetting
What did the results of Andrade's study indicate about the effects of doodling?
Doodling had no significant impact on attention
Doodling decreased memory recall
Doodling increased attention to the primary task
Doodling had a negative impact on cognitive performance
Dependent variable of Andrade's study was operationalised in some ways (name 3):
Names not coming but mentioned in the tape scored as false alarms
Counterbalancing was done in the order of questions
Words related to people were ignored
Plausible mishearings counted as correct
What was the monitoring task in Andrade's study?
Recall of all names
Recall of partygoers' names
Recall of places
Recall of towns and cities
Identify the research method and design of Andrade's study
laboratory experiment - repeated measure design
quasi experiment - repeated measure design
quasi experiment - independent design
laboratory experiment - independent design
