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HYPOTHESIS Participants who receive the words with the added self…

- - - - This was done in order to find out whether added self-referential imagery aids in the memory recall process
  - - - Advantages: The data based on the DV is measured in a simple numerical way meaning that the data is easily transferable to graphs and tables hence making it easily displayable.
      - Disadvantages: As the participants are self-reporting the number of words they recalled they may be able to change their result for whatever reason obscuring the accuracy of the data.
        As there are only 10 words to memorize people who have an adept short-term memory will be able to easily memorize these words
  - - - The words used were all relating to music and were kept the same for both groups
        
        This ensured that both groups were exposed to the same words keeping the experiment fair. If the words were altered, their subjective difficulty would be changed and a new IV would be in place. This would mean that the true effect of self-referential imagery could not be accurately measured.
      - Participants all had the same amount of time to memorize the words to the best of their ability
        
        This ensured that the time which both groups received to listen to and write down the words was constant in order to prevent another IV and more inaccurate data.
      - The number of participants in both groups were kept the same
        
        This ensured that the average was taken from the same total which in turn allows for more accurate data and data which is fair.
      - The person in the audio was the same for both groups
        
        This ensured that the participants were read the words in similar manners, from the same voice and in similar volume. This adds another element of fairness and leads to increased reliability of the data
  - - - As people are so different from each other the data represents a small sample of people who are diverse however because they are not the same the data cannot be strictly applied to anyone due to such inconsistencies. This then impacts the reliability of the data.
    - - These variables impact the performance of the participant therefore making the data not completely accurate in regard to IV
    - - This suggests that the results could be due to something other than the independent variable.
- - - - An example of this is that the participants are aged between 15-17 meaning that the data may not be as applicable to the teenagers who attend GIHS outside this age range
      - The words they were asked to memorize related to the topic of music so the students within the sample who have studied music of any form are at an advantage. This is because the words may have more significance to them and their memory as they have experience within music.
      - As the sample was such a small number of people, it doesn't eliminate factors such as intelligence. fatigue and mood of participants within each group. This means that one group may have an advantage over the other as the participants within that group are more alert or prepared on the day for the experiment to take place.