Round 1 Category
What type of experiment was used in this study ?
Laboratory experiment
How many females and males were in the undergraduate students at the University of Cambridge sample ?
There were 99 females and 29 males.
Describe what the participants were told about the purpose of the study before it began.
1. What tasks they’d be doing.
2. That the study was about food preferences and personality.
What were the mean ratings of the “loves asparagus the first time you tried it” on the Food History Invenrtory in the first experiment? ( For week 2)
Love (n=46) : week 2 - 4.1
Control (n=51) : week 2 - 1.7
How many people were in each groups in the laboratory settings ?
How many participants were in the the “love” condition or the control group ?
1. “Love” condition had 63 participants.
2. Control condition had 65 participants.
What were the strengths of the test ?
1. Standardized environment
2. Constant questions
3. High reliability
What was the aim of the second experiment ?
It was to examine the possible underlying mechanisms of the false memory consequence effect by exploring if, after the false love of asparagus manipulation , the very sight of asparagus was more appealing to the participants.
What was the independent variable ?
It was whether a participant had the false belief that they had enjoyed asparagus as a child.
Describe what the participants were told about the purpose of the study before it began. (2)
1. They were told what tasks they’d be doing. Such as filling out questionnaires.
2. That it was study about (the relationship between) food preferences and personality.
What were the weaknesses ?
1. It wasn’t like an everyday environment, so lacked ecological validity.
2. It could cause psychological harm on participants by giving them stress.
3. Participants could lie due to social -desirability bias
4. Gender wasn’t very represented
5. All participants were undergrads from college indicating that they might be similar
How was the depended variable measured ? (2)
Through the use of 4 questionnaires and the participants’ feedback to a slideshow of 29 pictures of common foods.
How was the dependent variable measured?
By the use of 5 questionnaires.
Explain why the participants were not told that the study was about false memories when they arrived at the laboratory.(3)
1. For identifying the potential demand characteristics.
2. For outlining what the demand characteristics are.
3. For stating how this could affect the behavior of the participants.
What types of questionnaires were used in the first session to distract the participants from the true aim of the study ?
A personality measure, a social desirability scale and an eating habits questionnaire.
How many participants were undergraduate students at the University of Washington who received course credit for their time ?
103 of the participants were undergraduate students at the University of Washington
What were the 5 questionnaires used in the study ?
1. Food History Inventory ( FHI)
2. Restaurant Questionnaire ( RQ)
3. Food Preference Questionnaire ( FPQ)
4. Food Costs Questionnaire ( FCQ)
5. Memory or Belief ? Questionnaire ( MBQ)
What were the other types of questionnaires used in the first session of the study to distract the participants from the true aim of the study ?
A personality measure, a social desirability scale and an eating habits questionnaire.
A week later what did the report of their generated profile of their early childhood experiences with food say ?
“ As a child, you disliked spinach, you enjoyed fried foods, and you felt happy when a classmate brought sweets to school”
What questioned were the participants asked about each slide of the common foods ? (4)
1. How appetizing they found the food depicted in the photo
2. How disgusting they found the food depicted in the photo
3. The artistic quality of the photo
4. Whether the photo was taken by a novice, amateur or expert photographer