Investigating Investigating MemoryMemory

Activity 1Activity 1

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In a moment, you will be shown a number of word pairs one at a time e.g.

bear - book

Try to memorise the word pairs by forming a sentence that contains both words, e.g.

The bear ate the book.

Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.

To test how well you have remembered the words you will be presented with the first word of a pair and will have to try and recall the matching word. For example, if presented with

bearthe correct response would be

book

To record your recall, you will need to write the word down on a piece of paper - so make sure you have pen and paper ready now.

Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.

The word pairs The word pairs follow……...follow……...

Hit [ENTER] when you are ready to Hit [ENTER] when you are ready to beginbegin

The presentation of the word pairs is The presentation of the word pairs is then automaticthen automatic

Beehive - Dawn

1

Harness - Bypass

2

Orchid - Smoke

3

Voucher - Meeting

4

Embassy - Band

5

Dragon - Money

6

Puritan - Toucan

7

Jackdaw - Dome

8

Network - Target

9

Cauldron - Lotion

10

Harp - Burglar

11

Serpent - Knight

12

Tobacco - Song

13

Elephant - Clock

14

Incense - Radio

15

Carpet - Fairy

16

Factory - Field

17

Dungeon - Bell

18

Kennel - Book

19

Hammer - Plant

20

Razor - Fort

21

Water - Fork

22

Banana - Scissors

23

Sky - Tiger

24

Horn - Boat

25

Letter - Glove

26

Table - House

27

Army - River

28

Camera - Dress

29

Mushroom - Drum

30

End of word pairs

Now write down the number 4796598

at the top of a piece of paper. Subtract ‘7’ from this number and write down the answer. Now subtract

‘7’ again and keep doing this for one minute……

Press the [ENTER] key when one minute is up.

You will now be shown the first word of each pair and you

should try and write down the other word of that pair.

Press the [ENTER] key when you are ready to proceed

The presentation of the word pairs is then automatic

Beehive -

1

Harness -

2

Orchid -

3

Voucher -

4

Embassy -

5

Dragon -

6

Puritan -

7

Jackdaw -

8

Network -

9

Cauldron -

10

Harp -

11

Serpent -

12

Tobacco -

13

Elephant -

14

Incense -

15

Carpet -

16

Factory -

17

Dungeon -

18

Kennel -

19

Hammer -

20

Razor -

21

Water -

22

Banana -

23

Sky -

24

Horn -

25

Letter -

26

Table -

27

Army -

28

Camera -

29

Mushroom -

30

Scoring…...

Press return to advanceto next pair of words

Beehive - Dawn

13

Harness - Bypass

14

Orchid - Smoke

15

Voucher - Meeting

16

Embassy - Band

17

Dragon - Money

18

Puritan - Toucan

19

Jackdaw - Dome

20

Network - Target

21

Cauldron - Lotion

22

Harp - Burglar

23

Serpent - Knight

24

Tobacco - Song

25

Elephant - Clock

26

Incense - Radio

27

Carpet - Fairy

28

Factory - Field

17

Dungeon - Bell

18

Kennel - Book

19

Hammer - Plant

20

Razor - Fort

21

Water - Fork

22

Banana - Scissors

23

Sky - Tiger

24

Horn - Boat

25

Letter - Glove

26

Table - House

27

Army - River

28

Camera - Dress

29

Mushroom - Drum

30

End of experiment

remember to post your results!