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What is the psychology being investigated in this study? Attention and memory
Before this study was done, why was doodling thought to negatively affect attention? It would take up too much of our limited working memory capacity to focus on the new task
How many participants were used in this study? 40
What other details do we know about the participants? Members of the MRC Applied Psychology Unit; aged 18-55 years; 35 female, 5 male
What type of experiment was this? Lab
What was the experimental design of this study? Independent groups
What was the independent variable? Whether they were doodling or not
What was involved in the doodling task? Colouring in squares and circles (1cm in diameter, arranged in rows)
What is the dependent variable of this study? How many partygoer names they noted during the recording, and how many names and places they recalled a minute later
What were the participants asked to do? Listen to a 2.5-minute voice recording and note down the names of people who are said to be going to a party
How was memory tested in this study? Participants were distracted with conversation for a minute after the task. Then they were asked to recall as many places and partygoer names as they could.
How many partygoers were mentioned in the recording? 8
How many places were named in the recording? 8
What is meant by a 'false alarm'? A name mentioned that is not going to the party (or a new name not mentioned at all)
How many false alarm names were included in the recording? 4 (including 1 cat)
Identify some control variables from this study The recording; the paper sheet size; length of time before recall
How was memory score for names measured in this study? Names recalled - false alarms
What was the attention task in this study? The 'monitoring' task measured how many names of partgoers they wrote down during the recording
What were the results of the 'monitoring' task in this study? 7.8 names in the Doodling condition; 7.1 names in the Control condition
What were the memory score results for names in this study? 5.1 in the Doodling condition; 4.0 in the Control condition
What were the memory score results for places in this study? 2.4 in the Doodling condition; 1.8 in the Control condition
What is a conclusion from this study? Doodling improves both attention and recall of information
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