Watson, W.W. (2022) Does the survival-processing effect occur for environmental sounds? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The ‘survival-processing effect’ refers to a phenomenon in which recall is significantly improved when items are processed for their relevance in a survival scenario compared to non-survival contexts. Since its introduction by Nairne et al. (2007), this effect has been shown to be robust. Whereas Nairne et al. (2007) examined this phenomenon through the use of words, we on the other hand examined the survival-processing effect by using environmental sounds. To examine the survival-processing effect, a pleasantness control condition and two distinct recognition tests were employed in our current study: a categorical- and exemplar-level test. We predicted that the use of environmental sounds would reveal a survival-processing effect, considering how the memory processing of environmental sounds relates to image processing and that images show significant survival-processing effects. At the same time, we also expected that this effect would be limited to categorical-level testing, as it has been demonstrated that the survival-processing effect does not appear to exist at the detail level. Consistent with our hypothesis, the results showed a significant recall advantage of environmental sounds processed in the survival condition versus the control condition, but only for categorical-level testing. Remarkably, a superior recall advantage was observed for the pleasantness condition for exemplar-level testing. These findings appear to show similarities between visual and auditory processing. Overall, the survival-processing effect seems to occur for environmental sounds, but only when measured at the categorical level.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Nieuwenstein, M.R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2022 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2022 11:19 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1274 |
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