Professor Proust, a memory researcher, designs an experiment to test the hypothesis that reading picture books designed for children significantly enhances college students’ memories of childhood. She asks participants to write about significant childhood memories, and to circle any events they remember from a list of common memories (such as getting lost in a store or breaking a leg, etc.)

Part A: Use the following terms to describe how Professor Proust should choose the participants and experimental/control groups for her study:

Population

Random sample

Random assignment

Part B: Use the following concepts to predict the kinds of memories participants are most likely to write about:

Semantic endcoding

Recall

Recognition

Retroactive interference

Part C: Explain how the misinformation effect might influence the accuracy of the memories reported on the survey.