Baddeley (1966b) Working Memory (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What was Baddeley's primary aim in the 1966b study?
What was Baddeley's primary aim in the 1966b study?
Investigate acoustic & semantic similarity
Which experimental design did Baddeley use?
Which experimental design did Baddeley use?
Independent groups design
What type of words were in List A?
What type of words were in List A?
Acoustically similar words
At what rate were words presented to participants?
At what rate were words presented to participants?
One word every three seconds
How long was the interference task?
How long was the interference task?
15 minutes
What was the independent variable (IV)?
What was the independent variable (IV)?
Type of word list presented
What did findings show about acoustically similar words in initial learning?
What did findings show about acoustically similar words in initial learning?
Recall was worse than dissimilar words
What happened to semantically similar words in the retest?
What happened to semantically similar words in the retest?
Substantially fewer were recalled
What did Baddeley conclude about STM encoding?
What did Baddeley conclude about STM encoding?
STM is largely acoustic
What is a key weakness of the study?
What is a key weakness of the study?
Lack of mundane realism