Activity 3 - Meaning enhances recall

Our third activity is to experiment on how well we recall our memories.

First, 20 words were presented to us, and at the bottom of each card indicated the letters A&B.
(A is for us count to syllables)
(B is to associate pleasant or unpleasant feelings to the words.)

After all 20 words have been said out loud, we write as much as we can remember. Then we count the total, and categorized the numbers in to 2 groups A and B.

• The highest numbers of words remembered is 19 and lowest is 6
• The person who scored 19 said he created a story to help him remember the words.
• the more wild and fancy the story is; the better you can remember

• Another person who scored 6 was because he's sleepy
• outside factor can also affect the way we remember
  

The pattern we found is most people will remember words associate to feelings.

The class average for... A is 5.09, B is 7.09, and total words are 12.2.

This activity shows us that in order to remember all 20 words require a effortful-processing. The more meaning to words is to a person, he or she will be able to remember to more.