Psychology Assignment | Effects Of Age On Rate Of False Recognition
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Psychology Assignment | Effects Of Age On Rate Of False Recognition
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Running Head: PSYCHOLOGY 1NAME: STUDENT PI NUMBER: PSY 107INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY 1TUTOR – MARKED ASSIGNMENT 02JULY 2017
PSYCHOLOGY 2TitleEffects of Age on Rate of False RecognitionAbstractThis experiment was conducted to identify whether age has an effect on the rate of falserecognition among adults. The total number of participants were 20, equally distributed from twoage groups. Participants were presented with a list of related words which they were latersupposed to remember as many words as possible from the list. The results were tabulated andindependent sample t-test done. It was found that older adults have higher mean score thanyounger adults, and t = 3.737, p = 0.05 for a two tailed hypothesis. Generally older adults werefound to be more susceptible to false recognition.IntroductionMemory is a cognitive, information-processing system which enables us to store and retrieve information over time (Zimbardo, Johnson, & Hamilton, 2014). Although our memories are normally quite reliable, it is known that sometimes our memories can be susceptible to various kinds of errors and distortions [ CITATION Kon12 \l 1033 ]. For example, Gras et al., (2011)found that when presenting participants with lists of thematically-related words with a critical but unpresented lure (e.g., the words thread, pin, eye, sewing, sharp, and point are presented, but not the critical associated word needle) participants would falsely recall the critical lure. A more recent study by Gras et al., (2011) used this sort of test (called the DRM paradigm) to establish that older adults are more likely to falsely recall the critical lure than younger adults.Based on past findings, the present study attempts to replicate the finding that older adults are more susceptible to false memories by using lists of words and a recognition test.
PSYCHOLOGY 3The experimental hypothesis predicts that older participants will have a higher rate of false recognition than younger participants while the null hypothesis predicts that there will be no difference in the rate of false recognition between older and younger adults.MethodDesign The experiment employed a between-participants design. The independent variable wasolder and younger adults and the dependent variable was the number of false recognized words.ParticipantsTwenty adults aged 22 to 61 years with a mean age of 40 years, were randomly assigned(10 each) to one of two experimental conditions. The range of young participants was 22 to 30while older was 50 to 61 years. All participants had good English skills.Materials/Apparatus Signed consent formInstruction sheet List of words for memorizationResponse sheetsExcel files for participants’ information and calculation of means and t-scoresPen for writing down list of words.Procedure
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