Activity 4 - All purpose memory activity

In this 4^th activity 14 words are read out loud to us. After that we write down as many words as we can remember.

The words include…

Bed Quilt Dark Silence Fatigue Clock Snoring Night Toss Tired Artichoke Turn Rest Dream

You can see that the words are associated with night schemes.

The chart shows how many students remember each word. From this graph it demonstrates different concept of memory in a role.

1. Serial Position Effect- most people remembers first and last words.
1. Primary - first word
2. Reacency – last word
2. Semantic distinguishes – most people remember words that stand out or pronounce differently. E.g. Artichoke & Fatigue
3. Rehearsal improves recall – because the word “night” is repeated 3 times, it enhances our memory and tells us that the word is somehow important for us to remember.
4. “Toss and Turn” is an idiom that most people associate them together. We “chunk” the words together that is why we hear one part of the idiom we automatically recall the other half.
5. In this activity 3 people (including me) think the word “Sleep” is said, but it turn out it doesn’t. This is an example of memory reconstruction, which a person thinks they hear or see something happening when actually it doesn’t occur (aka Dejavu.)

*(Keep in mind that this is just a small sample size)