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Question 177

Dr Vance conducted an experiment to investigate whether the emotional valence of words affects short-term memory recall.

She split her participants into two groups:

  • Condition X: Participants were given a list of words with high positive emotional valence (e.g., joy, laugh, smile, bright) to recall.
  • Condition Y: Participants were given a list of words with neutral emotional valence (e.g., brick, paper, stove, table) to recall.

Each word list contained 15 words. Each participant only took part in one condition.

The results of Dr Vance's experiment are shown in Table 1.

Table 1: Number of words recalled correctly out of 15

ParticipantNumber of words recalled in the positive words list (Condition X)ParticipantNumber of words recalled in the neutral words list (Condition Y)
P112P99
P26P1011
P314P116
P45P1210
P511P138
P68P1412
P713P157
P87P169

Calculate the range for the list of positive emotional valence words (Condition X).

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Research methods and skills Questions

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Practise Edexcel A Level Psychology Research methods and skills with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 657 questions covering Research methods and skills, matched to the Edexcel A Level Psychology (9PS0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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