A-level Psychology key content part 3

how was the memory experiment conducted

list of 15 questions, given time to answer each, 3 repeating questions throughout, memory on the 3rd type of question was best

what was the first type of question

the physical appearance of the word (if it was in capital letters)

what was the second type of question

the sound of the word (if it rhymed) acoustic processing

what was the 3rd type of question

what the meaning was of the word (semantic processing)

which type of processing had the best effect on memory

semantic processing

which had the worst effect on memory

visual processing

why did semantic processing have the best effect on memory

it engages your mind so you are more likely to remember

what are the 3 features of a true experiment

independent variable manipulated

all other variables are controlled

random allocation