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Postive outlook and Memory Deconstruct - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Impacts on data:
        
        As this method was conducted in a school environment, where multiple different classes are run, the control over the surrounding environment of this practical is limited. Furthermore, this means that distractions from other classes and students inside and outside of the school are not easily controlled, which can impact the participant’s attention to the audio. If their attention wavers to something other than the audio, the words them-self, or the descriptions may be missed, which impacts how many words are remembered and listened to in the end.
        
        After conducting studies, the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology states that they found time-of-day effects, with better performance in the evening than in the morning. This practical was conducted in a morning lesson, which may have resulted in different data to an afternoon lesson. It is also unknown at what time during the day the second class had partaken this activity, as well as students who were absent the day of the conducted study, and participated in their own time at home.
    - - Impacts on the results:
        
        As this practice relies on the strength of the memory, and how the descriptions provided in the audio for each group guided the memory. As this audio was in English, participants who may have been raised in a Non-English speaking household, and the English language may not be their first language. This impacts their results as different levels of confidence in English speaking allows for different levels of understanding of the descriptions.
        
        This methodology enforces levels of stress onto the participants as they are required to recall as many words which are remembered while being timed for one minute. Under the pressure induced by the timer the participant’s stress levels are raised. High-stress environments interrupt memory formation which impacts how the participant’s memory of the words and description. As well as this, particpants may be experiencing pre-study, which should be taken into consideration. The participants are Year 11 Highschool students who are of the age of 15-17, going through new experiences of young adult-hood and seniority in highschool which can endorse high stress levels. This can impact how devoted the particpants are to the outcomes of this study.