Learning the psychology of the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon through on-line practice

  1. Marcos Ruiz 1
  2. María José Contreras 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Open Praxis

ISSN: 2304-070X

Any de publicació: 2017

Volum: 9

Número: 4

Pàgines: 421-431

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.5944/OPENPRAXIS.9.4.619 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

Psychology undergraduates can benefit from direct experiences with laboratory procedures of psychological phenomena. However, they are not always available for students within a distance education program. The present study included students from the Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED) that were to take part in a Basic Psychology examination session. They participated in web-sessions on a tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) laboratory procedure. The aim was to study whether their performance at TOT-related items would be differentially improved. Our results support the conclusion that practicing with the TOT application was effective in improving the TOT comprehension among students. Study A showed that the performance level was higher for the TOT-practiced participants relative to the non-practiced ones. Study B showed significant group by item-type interaction. Also, there was a significant effect of group, and item-type. The results are contextualized in the psychological institutions’ mainstream effort for Psychology to be viewed as a STEM discipline by students, the political representatives, and the society.

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