Lab 8: Encoding Specificity Analyses

Fabio Setti

PSYC 2401 Lab


Encoding Specificity Analyses

Today’s hypotheses

Last time we completed lab 28.Encoding Specificity. Today there is only one hypothesis that we will test, but the correct procedure to test it may prove a bit tricky 🧐:

  • Hypothesis 1: Based on the Encoding Specificity Principle, when there is a match between encoding and recognition conditions, recognition will be better than when conditions are mismatched.

Please, download the Encoding_Specificity_data.sav file from blackboard and open it with SPSS.

Your Turn: Method


  • Participants: What are the demographics of the participants?


  • Variables: How were the variables measured? What are the IVs and DVs?


  • Procedure: How did the experiment work?





  • Hypothesis 1: Based on the Encoding Specificity Principle, when there is a match between encoding and recognition conditions, recognition will be better than when conditions are mismatched.

Your Turn: Results

Analysis time!

  • What are the descriptive statistics of our variables (Mean, SD)?


  • What analyses should we run to test our hypothesis?


  • What are the results?





  • Hypothesis 1: Based on the Encoding Specificity Principle, when there is a match between encoding and recognition conditions, recognition will be better than when conditions are mismatched.

Your Turn: Discussion


  • Briefly summarize the results.


  • Was the hypothesis supported?


  • Are there any limitations that should be mentioned?





  • Hypothesis 1: Based on the Encoding Specificity Principle, when there is a match between encoding and recognition conditions, recognition will be better than when conditions are mismatched.

Any Questions? 🤔

…And Class is over!🙃

Lab 8: Encoding Specificity Analyses