Laney
What was the key food that participants were given a false memory of having loved as a child?
Asparagus
The questionnaires that the participants were given all contained what type of question?
Closed questions
How much time passed between the first part and second part of each experiment?
One week
What type of experiment was this?
Laboratory Experiment
What is the experimental design?
Independent measures
How was the DV measured in experiment two?
4 questionnaires and a slideshow
How was the DV measured in experiment one?
5 questionnaires
What was the IV?
Whether participants had the false belief "you loved asparagus" implanted
The students in the first experiment were recruited from which university?
University of California
The students in the second experiment were recruited from which university?
University of Washington
Name the three criteria that participants had to meet in order to be classified as a believer
Low rating for asparagus on FHI in week 1, increased their rating on week 2, gave a positive memory of belief response on the MBQ
Why were 31 participants excluded from experiment 1?
They scored 5 or higher on the FHI when asked if they loved asparagus the first time they tried it.
What was the final questionnaire that was completed in both experiments?
MBQ (Memory of Belief Questionnaire)
Which questionnaire was not used in the second experiment?
FCQ (Food Costs Questionnaire)
How many distractor questionnaires were there in experiment 1 and experiment 2?
experiment 1- 3
experiment 2- 2
Describe one real world application of this experiment
Healthier diets;
Helping cancer patients improve their diets / likelihood of eating;
Treating PTSD.
In experiment one, participants were told they were going to take part in a study of what?
'Food preferences and personality'
Why could you argue this study lacks ecological validity?
They completed questionnaires in a lab, it was not a real world setting. It is not known if their answers would translate to actual eating behaviors.
Which questionnaire was completed twice during the second experiment, but only once in the first experiment?
FPQ (Food preferences questionnaire)
What were the four questions participants were asked about the photos in the slideshow?
how appetising is the food
how disgusting is the food
rate the artistic quality of the photo
Whether the photo was taken by a novice, amateur or expert photographer
How many food items were listed on the FPQ?
62
What do FHI, RQ, FPQ, FCQ and MBQ stand for?
FHI- Food History Inventory
RQ- Restaurant Questionnaire
FPQ- Food preferences Questionnaire
FCQ- Food Costs Questionnaire
MBQ- Memory or Belief Questionnaire
In experiment one, what were the mean results for the asparagus question on the FHI for the love group in week 1 and week two?
Week 1- 1.5
Week 2- 4.1
How many participants were in each experiment? How many were excluded from each?
Experiment 1- 128. 31 excluded.
Experiment 2- 103. 30 excluded.
What percentage of participants in the 'love' condition were categorised as believers in each experiment?
Experiment 2- 53%