Baddeley 1966 - AO3

• How is the sampling method a positive?

  > Volunteer gives more opportunity

  > Time-efficient
• How is the sample a weakness?

  > All volunteers were from Cambridge university

  > Less generalizable
• How is the use of controls a strength?

  > Gives comparison

  > Increased internal validity
• Why is the use of artificial memory tests a weakness?


  > Not true to real life

  > Lowers ecological validity
• How can it be applied to psychology as a science?

  > Helps current patients suffering with any sort of memory deficit

  > Cures
• How is it a reductionist study?


  > Individual differences, people could have different levels of memory

  > Lowers internal validity