EXP3604
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
COGLAB ASSIGNMENT #4:
NAME____________________
BROWN-PETERSON
Your Results:
Distractor duration (seconds)
Percent correct
1.0
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11.0
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21.0
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Discussion Question:
The Petersons introduced the counting-backwards-by-three's task, as we did in class, to prevent
rehearsal of the three to-be-remembered letters, but to minimize the amount of direct interference.
The Coglab uses a different task. Now that you've done both of these, what are your predictions
about how the distractor tasks might affect memory - are they equivalent, or might they differ in
their effects? Looking at your data, is there support for your prediction?