1) Briefly describe the context of the research literature the authors reviewed
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1) Briefly describe the context of the research literature the authors reviewed and discussed in their introduction.
2) Give one example of a limitation or weakness the authors discussed of the past research literature they reviewed in their introduction.
3) What hypothesis(es) is (are) stated in the article that the researchers have proposed to test?
4) What independent variable(s) (IV) did the researchers manipulate?
5) What dependent variable(s) (DV) examined?
6) What were the results of the study that the authors reported? (i.e. what happened to the dependent variable as a function of the independent variable(s)?) Where the hypothesis(ses) supported?
7) How did the authors interpret the results of their research study?
8) How do you think this study might have an impact for the real world? (Just discuss one idea / thought).
Name of the article, ABSOLUT® MEMORY DISTORTIONS: Alcohol Placebos Influence the Misinformation Effect
Seema L. Assefi and Maryanne Garry
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand This is the information about the article. It is available online, I don't know to upload it here.
Explanation / Answer
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(Answer) (1) The basic context is that there have been numerous studies of alcohol and alcohol placebos that show how social behaviour is affected. However, this paper gives reference to non-social behaviour like memory in terms of alcohol placebos.
(2) The past research on this subject has not proved or disproved whether alcohol placebos affect memory.
(3) The hypothesis tested is that alcohol placebos affect non-social behaviours like memory as well as social behaviours.
(4) IV – Alcohol Placebos
(5) DV – The memory of the test subjects
(6) Yes, the hypothesis was supported by the results of the experimental test. The memory was easily affected and manipulated in those individuals who were given the placebos.
(7) They interpret that just like social behaviour with subjects who have taken alcohol placebos is almost similar to those who have actually drunk alcohol; even non-social behaviour has the same effects. They observed that alcohol placebos affect the subject’s memory just like alcohol would.
(8) It could seriously affect the validity of “eye-witness reports” in criminal justice. There have probably been several individuals who have been falsely convicted based on individuals who were “sober.” If a mere placebo could affect memory, the eye-witness account probably is not as palpable as it is assumed to be.
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