Homework Form
Name _____Molly Turgeon_______
Article Title ____________

1. Identify or describe the following: (a) The last name(s) of the author or authors of the research described in the article.

(b) The publication year of that research.
2003
(c) The study participants (number, sex, ethnicity, age, demographics, SES)
The participants of this study were 1,481 undergraduate students from the University of Alberta. They were of both genders and multiple demographics. The final set of participants, however, was 142 grad students.
2. Identify the study design as one of the following:
Naturalistic observation, Case study, Quasi-experimental, Experimental
Briefly explain why.
This study can be considered quasi-experimental because the groups were not randomly assigned to their IV groups and the time after the attacks was the IV being manipulated by the researchers. …show more content…
Does this study have any independent variables? If so, identify each variable and indicate if the participants were randomly assigned to levels of each IV.
The IVs of this study were recollection of the event in these time periods 4-24 hours, 10 days, seven months later. The participants were not randomly assigned to the IV groups. Availability played a role in the selection
4. If appropriate, describe levels of the independent variables (IVs) identified above in item #3, by drawing the design in a table format or tree diagram. 4-24 Hours
Time After the 9/11 Attacks 10 Days Seven Months Later (142 willing participants)
5. Identify a dependent variable (DV) in this study.
The DV was the delay between an experience and recording flashbulb memories. They were studying the long-term memory of the participants based on emotion, consistency and amount of information.
6. Describe how this DV was operationalized.
The DV as operationalized by giving the participants a questionnaire at either 4-24 hours or 10 days after the attack and then the same survey seven months