Oral Presentations
Location
Room 215, Schewel Hall
Access Type
Campus Access Only
Entry Number
100
Start Date
4-10-2019 11:30 AM
End Date
4-10-2019 11:45 AM
College
Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Psychology
Abstract
There are many variables that influence memory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stress, sleep, and gender on memory due to inconsistencies in previous studies. We hypothesized that the participants would have more false memories when they indicated higher stress levels, less sleep, or those who identified as male. We also investigated the effect of verb phrasing on participant’s ability to recall seeing glass or not in a car crash video. It was hypothesized that participants would have estimated a higher speed on the more violent word phrase of smashed and believed that they saw broken glass in the video as opposed to “contacted. A convenience sample was used to recruit participants from a local university in Virginia. A random number generator was used to determine which student will be assigned to violent verb or non-violent verb condition. Participants were verbally given 15 paired words, which they recalled immediately and delayed, after they watched a video of a car crash and estimated the speed based on verbal phrasing. After programing an ActiGraph, participants are asked if they saw glass in the previous video and wore the ActiGraph for four nights. The results will be discussed.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Ei Hlaing
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The Effects of Stress, Sleep, and Gender on False Memory
Room 215, Schewel Hall
There are many variables that influence memory. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stress, sleep, and gender on memory due to inconsistencies in previous studies. We hypothesized that the participants would have more false memories when they indicated higher stress levels, less sleep, or those who identified as male. We also investigated the effect of verb phrasing on participant’s ability to recall seeing glass or not in a car crash video. It was hypothesized that participants would have estimated a higher speed on the more violent word phrase of smashed and believed that they saw broken glass in the video as opposed to “contacted. A convenience sample was used to recruit participants from a local university in Virginia. A random number generator was used to determine which student will be assigned to violent verb or non-violent verb condition. Participants were verbally given 15 paired words, which they recalled immediately and delayed, after they watched a video of a car crash and estimated the speed based on verbal phrasing. After programing an ActiGraph, participants are asked if they saw glass in the previous video and wore the ActiGraph for four nights. The results will be discussed.