Key Vocabulary
Scribble absentmindedly.
What is doodling?
Lacks ecological validity since its in a cue
What is a weakness in validity?
Useful to students
What is a strength in Applicability?
What did the expected questions ask for?
Names
doodling helps concentrate on primary task by...
reducing day dreaming
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
What is memory?
Lied to and not told about the surprise memory test.
What is a weakness in ethics?
This study can be replicated due to standard procedures.
What is a strength in reliability?
In what order did they ask the questions? (surprise/expected)
No particular order, the order was counterbalanced
Wether told to doodle or not
What is the independent variable?
Another way to say mistakes or errors in one's memory.
What is false alarms?
May not work for everyone
What is a Applicability weakness?
The age range was 18-55
What is a strength in generalizability?
What did the surprise questions ask for?
Control group:5
Doodling group: 2
(Wrong Answers)
How many false alarms did each group have?
Stuff the samples were told to listen out for.
What is monitored data?
-There were only 40 participants
-Mostly females
What are weaknesses in generalizability?
They apologized for surprised memory test
What is a strength in ethics?
What is the duration and tone of the call?
2.5 minutes with a mundane/dull tone
Given A4 grid paper & pencil
What materials did the doodling group have?
Stuff the samples weren't told to remember but were still tested on.
What is incidental data
Low mundane realism
What is a weakness in reliability?
Experiment was counter balance
What is a strength in validity?
How many people did they have in total? How many groups did they get separate into, and how many on each group?
40 people
20 doodlers
20 non-doodlers
Measuring wether they were able to recall