Researchers recruited 100 adults who had attended the same community art programme as children. In the first session, each adult rated how confident they were that one of their paintings had appeared on the cover of the programme's annual calendar. They then completed two unrelated puzzles.
Two weeks later, the adults were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. Each adult saw only one advert.
The researchers said that some answer sheets from the first session had been printed with the wrong code, so the adults completed the confidence rating again. At the end, each adult was asked what they thought the investigation had been testing.
| Condition | Number of adults | Number whose confidence increased | Number who correctly identified the purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 40 | 32 | 0 |
| B | 60 | 36 | 0 |
Using the details of the procedure and all the data, explain how three features of this investigation correspond to the procedure or results of Braun, Ellis and Loftus's (2002) study.
84 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 5.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 5.2.1 Multi-store Model structure, 5.2.2 Differences between memory stores; criticisms, 5.2.3 Multi-store Model research study: Wilson et al. (2008), 5.2.4 Reconstructive memory: schemas, experience and expectation, 5.2.5 Reconstructive memory: confabulation and leading questions; criticisms, and 5.2.6 Reconstructive Memory research study: Braun, Ellis and Loftus (2002). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.