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An Experiment On Memory & The Recall Of Words When Using Word Lists

 

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             SAMPLE OF PARTICIPANTS RECALL OR WORDS (I.) GROUP A(1.1) -6 14.
             NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS -7 16.
             Abstract.
             It was hypothesised in Craik & Lockhart's levels of processing theory that the quality of recall of serial written material is a function of the depth of cognitive processing. The aim of this study is to test the levels of processing theory to see if the level at which information is processed has an effect on recall. The hypothesis being tested was is that the participants who process the semantic list will have a greater word recall rate than those who process the structural level list.
             One hundred further education students (68 females and 32 males, mean age 17.4 years) were selected using opportunity sampling for this independent measures experiment & were tested for recall of one of 2 lists of 15 words, each list presented in written form with one minute to study the list. Half of the participants were given the list that required a semantic level of processing & the other half the list that required only a structural level of processing. The results of the experiment showed that those who processed the semantic word list on average recalled more correct words (mean 8.94) than those in the structural group (mean 4.6). The results confirmed the hypothesis, & it was concluded that they support the levels of processing theory of memory .
             Introduction.
             Obtaining an understanding of the structure & functioning of human memory is a major pursuit in modern psychology, because it is necessary for the understanding of learning, cognition & the major conscious & unconscious processes. One ongoing discussion is whether memory can be divided by structure & function into different stores, or it should be considered a continuum of levels of better recall, corresponding to the depth of levels of processing of the information. The present paper presents a brief overview of the two opposing theories, & provides an account of an experiment that was designed to prove that the depth of processing is positively and causally correlated to the quality of word list recall.


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