Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Memory Enhances Recall

Memory Enhances Recall

In today’s experiment #3, we did an activity to compare two methods of memorizing. We were exposed to a series of 20 words with the letter A or B marked under for 3 seconds each. A indicated that we have to count the syllables, and B is to categorize it as pleasant or unpleasant. The words were both held up and spoken. Then after every word had been shown, we wrote down as many words as we can remember for about 3 minutes.

The class average of the A words is at 5 words, with the maximum at 10 and minimum at 1. The B words average is about 7, 9 being the highest and 2 the lowest. The total correct numbers of word is about 12, with 19 being the highest and 6 the lowest. My results were 3 A’s and 9 B’s, adding to a total of 12.

We conclude that many factors can affect how much, or what, we can remember. For most people, remembering a word by relating it to a basic emotion can effectively enhance the amount of things we remember.

In general, the step of remembering begins with external events being recorded by our sensory perceptions. Then those things are placed in the sensory memory. Later, some part of it is lost, and the more important parts are being encoded into the short-term memory. Finally, a small portion of the things are further encoded into the long-term memory. Usually the things that can come this far have very strong connections to that individual.

~Daniel

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