Evaluation of the Cue-Dependency theory
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- Evaluation of Godden & Baddeley's study
- Although a field experiment, there were a number of controls, increasing the reliability of it
- The timings between the presentation of words was controlled in all conditions
- It was a valid test of the theory; the situations clearly demonstrate the two different context conditions to test the effect of context cues
- There are other studies that support the findings of this experiment
- Agglteton & Waskett (1999): effects of context dependency (smell cues) at the Jorvik museum
- Smells present at encoding acted as cues and aided the recall of the participants
- Agglteton & Waskett (1999): effects of context dependency (smell cues) at the Jorvik museum
- Unreliable because of flaws within the procedure
- Equiment failing may have led to an unreliable experience for some participants
- Participants spent the same amount of time underwater but the time of day and location differed
- Contextual cues were not all controlled
- Other variables which couldn't be controlled include the divers' fitness, noise and weather conditions
- Lowered ecological validity: the changes in environment were so extreme that this is not a normal occurance in everyday life
- Experience was artificial: use of word lists
- Nonetheless the participants were divers and so they were used to being underwater whilst carrying out different tasks
- Low population validity: participants were all experienced divers, which isn't representative of the general population
- Might be something about them that makes their responses to cues different to the rest of the population
- Useful applications, eg. in the training of divers - they should be taught safety information underwater
- Although a field experiment, there were a number of controls, increasing the reliability of it
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