A psychologist investigated the working memory model using a controlled laboratory experiment. Thirty office workers from a local company were selected via opportunity sampling to take part.
In Condition 1, 15 participants performed the following two tasks simultaneously:
In Condition 2, 15 different participants performed the following two tasks simultaneously:
The psychologist predicted that task performance in Condition 1 would be significantly better than in Condition 2.
Briefly explain two ways in which the dual-task memory experiment described above could be improved.
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