A-LevelPsychologyCognitive approach9990/12 · Feb/Mar 2020 · Q16 Marks
From the study by Andrade (doodling):
- (a)State the experimental design used in this study. Include a reason for your answer.[2]
- (b)Outline the materials used by participants in the doodling condition.[2]
- (c)Outline the result for 'false alarms for places' (incidental information) in the study.[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Feb/Mar 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- Independent groups/independent measures/between subjects design.
- As different participants took part in the levels of the IV/different conditions;
- Participants took part in either the doodling or control conditions.
- One mark per correct point made
- Used a pencil (for shading);
- Shapes on paper were approximately 1 cm (in diameter);
- The piece of paper was A4;
- There was a (4.5 cm) margin on left-hand side;
- This could be used to write information down;
- Alternating rows of shapes;
- The shapes were squares and circles.
- Two marks for full result (compares the two conditions correctly)
- One mark for partial result (e.g. one condition)
- Both the doodling and control condition had the same average recall [0.3] (2)
- The average score for the doodling group was 0.3 (1)
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