Benue State University, Makurdi

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: EFFECTS OF CONTEXT AND MOOD ON RECALL OF LEARNING MATERIALS AMONG UNDERGRADUATES

Igbende Dorothy Aumbur, Ankwa Matthew A, Anhange Samuel Terzungwe Ph.D & Prof Josiah Shindi
(Department of Psychology, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria +2347062663826, uchoaondoaver@yahoo.com)

Abstract

Global warming is a serious problem that has confronted the world in recent time. It is due to environmental change. This study explored environmental change: effects of the context and mood on recall of learning materials among undergraduates in Nsukka. The study used a between –subject design to investigate the effects of context and mood on recall of learning materials among undergraduate students. A total of 60 participants 27(45 %) males and 33(55 %) females were randomly selected from the department of psychology, university of Nigeria Nsukka. Their ages ranged from 19-29 with the mean age of 19.79 years. The stimulus material used was a learning passage of 120 words drawn from “the games that dons play” (Nwangwu, 2006).A between subject analysis of variance was used for the data analysis. The result indicted that participants who studied under the low noise condition performed significantly better than the participants who studied under the noise condition on recall, F(1,54)=5.26,p<0.05.The result also indicated that there was no mood difference of performance on recall. The implications and limitations of the study were discussed and recommendations made for further research.

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