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Edexcel GCSE 1-9 Memory -Peterson and Peterson study
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- 1. Multiple Choice
How many participants took part in Peterson and Peterson's study altogether?
24
48
72
62
- 2. Multiple Choice
The participants were all ........
Teachers
School children
University students
Head teachers
- 3. Multiple Choice
The aim of the first experiment was to........
To see if retention of items was affected by interference during recall intervals.
To see the duration of LTM
To see if interference was interrupted by retrieval
To see if retention of items was affected by capacity during recall intervals.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did the green light indicate?
The green light meant that the trial was half way through
The green light meant that the trial was ready to end.
The green light meant that the trial was ready to begin.
The green light meant that the trial was a fake
- 5. Multiple Choice
The red light meant to stop counting and recall the trigram (three-letter consonant).
The red light meant to recall the trigram whilst still counting
The red light meant to start counting
The red light meant to stop the trial in an emergency
The red light meant to stop counting and recall the trigram
- 6. Multiple Choice
How many practice trials did the participants complete?
1
2
3
4
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or false
Trigrams are three numbers together
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
Participants counted backwards in......
1's
2's
3's
4's
- 9. Multiple Choice
True or false
The participants where tested 8 times in experiment 1
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
The results indicated that participants took an average of ......
28.23 seconds to begin their recall of the trigram once their counting had stopped.
2.38 seconds to begin their recall of the trigram once their counting had stopped.
2.83 seconds to begin their recall of the trigram once their counting had stopped.
8.32 seconds to begin their recall of the trigram once their counting had stopped.
- 11. Multiple Choice
After a 15 second interval participants recall accuracy dropped to
10%
15%
5%
50%
- 12. Multiple Choice
Part B
Name the two conditions
Silent and loud
Vocal and whisper
Vocal and silent
- 13. Multiple Choice
True or false
Participant recall in the ‘vocal’ group improved with repetition, with longer repetition leading to more accurate recall.
True
False
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