SHORT TERM MEMORY~

what's the capacity of our "short term memory" ; how much can we remember in a short period of time???

my psych class did a little activity to test it out.

first, a set of number is read aloud, after that we write that set of number down.
followed by another set, every set of number is increase by 1 digit.
when all the sets are read aloud, we check to see our scores of how many numbers we got correct.

my class average is 6.5, but the average of people around the world is 7 +/- 2

haha~ guess what i think i have a short short term memory because i score a 4....

* fortunately, only 1 trail is not yet a reliable data. we should perform at least 10 trials !!!

from this activity we observed that

• most of us remember only the first and last digits, and tends to forget the middle ones.
• when we focus too much on the first couples of digit, we will forget to remember that ones behind.
• but when we focus on remembering last digits, it interferes with the first half of our memory
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from our discussion...

• we learn or remember things better when we are able to visualize or see what's going on.
  
• however, the numbers are abstract, which makes it hard for most people to visualize, and to remember them all
• also there is no pattern in which the numbers are said.
• it will be easier if the numbers are put together in "chunks"; e.g. grouping numbers in 3

MEMORIES THAT WILL STAY WITH US
ARE MOSTLY LIKELY THE
MOST MEANINGFUL AND EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT TO US