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• What was the aim?

  To test the positive effect of context upon memory
• What was the sample?

  8 psych lab class students acted as experimenters

  They each recruited 5 ppnts

  Overall- 39 ppnts (1 was omitted)
• What was the method?

  Lab experiment

  using independent measures design

  IVs:

  - Study context (reading 2 page article in silence or noise)

  - Test context (doing test in silence or in noise)

  DV: ppnt performance on the short answer test and the multiple choice test
• What was the procedure? (Stimuli)

  Each experimenter brought their own cassette player and headphones- The background noise was recorded at lunch in a uni cafeteria

  The article was about psychoimmunology

  There were 16 multiple-choice questions- the order of the info followed the order of the info in the article

  10 short answer questions were asked before
• What was the procedure? (Overall)


  Instructions describing the study as a a class project and stating that participation was voluntary were read aloud

  Ppnts were asked to read an article about psychoimmunology and were told they would be tested

  All ppnts wore headphones regardless of condition as a control

  Ppnts were given a 2 min break after studying

  Ppnts then answered 10 short answer questions followed by 16 multiple choice questions
• What were the results?

  All ppnts spent roughly the same time studying the material

  The same studying and testing conditions produced better results in both conditions

  There was no overall effect of noise on performance
• What was the conclusion?

  The same studying and testing conditions can enhance performance