Reading: Memory in the digital world (HL only)

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Memory in the digital world: When people in relationships have a division of labor with specific role with regard to the encoding, storage and retrieval of information from different knowledge domains.

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When people in relationships have a division of labor with specific role with regard to the encoding, storage and retrieval of information from different knowledge domains.

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When we base our beliefs on a limited set of research which aligns with our own thinking, this is called

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Confirmation bias

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One of the concerns with Sparrow's research on the effect of Internet searches on memory formation is

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All answers are correct.

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What is meant when we say that Sparrow used a 2 x 2 independent samples design?

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There were two conditions; in each condition there were two independent variables that were manipulated.

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The results of Sparrow et al's (2011) follow up study showed that Participants remembered the location of the trivia information better than the trivia information itself.

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Participants remembered the location of the trivia information better than the trivia information itself.

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Which of the following is a not a limitation of the Storm et al study on the use of Google searches?
- There was no control group.
- There was sampling bias - as all of the participants were university students.
- The studies results could be due to participant variability; the sample was small with only 20 participants in each condition.
- The study tested the participants immediately after the first phase with a very similar task; the study does not let us know the long term effects of Google searching.

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There was no control group.

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Sparrow et al and Storm designed experiments that clearly manipulate one or more independent variables and demonstrate a clear relationship between the IV and the DV but rely on trivia information. True or False?

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True

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Participant variability means that one group may have a general higher level of memory performance than the other group (even though they are randomly assigned).

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true

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Confounding variables are variables that could be controlled but weren't.

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false

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What term describes the phenomenon where participants alter their behavior in a study due to the awareness of being observed?

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demand characteristics