Effects of Seductive Details on Learning and Memory
Dr Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel
(Lecturer in Psychology |University of Glasgow, UK)
Thursday, 20 February 2020 @ 4pm |
Seminar room (5th floor) |
62 Hillhead Street, Glasgow G12 8QB
One common approach to make topics more interesting to students is to add entertaining, but irrelevant information during teaching. This could be in form of enriching explanations of the target topic with funny anecdotes or engaging pictures. The effects of adding such seductive details during instruction has been intensively researched in cognitive psychology – painting a rather negative picture of them. Many studies show a detrimental effect of seductive details on memory and transfer performance. Important learner and context variables have been revealed that moderate the effect and that should be taken into consideration before adding seductive details. This talk will present an overview of the current findings on seductive details and provide practical recommendations for teaching practice
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