Google and Memory: Cognitive Effects of having Information at your Fingertips
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Curran, Meghan
Date Issued
March 26, 2012
Abstract
The present study was designed to examine how the way we process information affects how information is retrieved. There were 40 undergraduate participants. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions self-responsible or other responsible. Participants in both conditions conducted Google searches to find answers to trivia questions ranging in difficulty. While searching, participants saved links to the answers to trivia in file folders. Following completion recall and recognition were completed. First, it was hypothesized that self-responsible participants would recall more trivia questions than participants in the other-responsible condition. Second it was hypothesized that participants in both conditions would be able to recall which folder they saved links to the answers of trivia questions. The final hypothesis assessed that participants would be able to recognize more difficult than easy trivia questions. It was found that there was no significant data for the first and second hypotheses. However a significant effect was found for difficulty of trivia questions during recall.
First Reader(s)
Knupsky, Aimee C.
Other Reader(s)
Conklin, Sarah M.
Department
Psychology
Type of Publication
Senior Project Paper
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