The Effect of Recall on Non-Meaningful Words
PSYC 319: PRACTICALS IN LEARNING (2011/ 2012)
TOPIC: The Effect of Word Position on Recall of Non-meaningful Words.
ID NUMBER: 10306280
ABSTRACT: 60 participants were selected randomly from University of Ghana, Accra City Campus and the main campus. They were assigned to 2 groups, experimental and control group. The experimental group was made to immediately recall in serial order, a list of 16 3-letter nonsense syllables within a period of 30 seconds, after the words were presented on a screen serially. This was done 10 times per student. The same procedure was used for the control group however they were made to recall the same items in any order (free recall). The average correct responses were recorded and the results show the effect of word position on recall of nonsense syllables. The methods of learning employed in the experiment fall under Verbal Learning. The results of the experiment are discussed in this research.
INTRODUCTION & LITERATURE REVIEW
Verbal Learning is usually identified with the learning or memorization of words in a list. It is also involved with the acquisition and retention of information. It is concerned with what happens when we learn word combinations and word contexts. The presentation of words was done serially within 30 seconds with the recall of the words immediately followed within an interval of 2 seconds. 10th study-test method was used, that is, after 10 trials; the serial order of different words will be presented to another set. In this research, we aim at finding if there is an effect and significant difference between recall in serial order and free recall. Previous studies have shown that it is easier to recall meaningful words than nonsense syllables. Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist, was the first to experimentally investigate the properties of human memory. He used nonsense syllables (consonant-vowel-consonant sequences) to construct lists of perhaps 20 items and then memorized these lists
TOPIC: The Effect of Word Position on Recall of Non-meaningful Words.
ID NUMBER: 10306280
ABSTRACT: 60 participants were selected randomly from University of Ghana, Accra City Campus and the main campus. They were assigned to 2 groups, experimental and control group. The experimental group was made to immediately recall in serial order, a list of 16 3-letter nonsense syllables within a period of 30 seconds, after the words were presented on a screen serially. This was done 10 times per student. The same procedure was used for the control group however they were made to recall the same items in any order (free recall). The average correct responses were recorded and the results show the effect of word position on recall of nonsense syllables. The methods of learning employed in the experiment fall under Verbal Learning. The results of the experiment are discussed in this research.
INTRODUCTION & LITERATURE REVIEW
Verbal Learning is usually identified with the learning or memorization of words in a list. It is also involved with the acquisition and retention of information. It is concerned with what happens when we learn word combinations and word contexts. The presentation of words was done serially within 30 seconds with the recall of the words immediately followed within an interval of 2 seconds. 10th study-test method was used, that is, after 10 trials; the serial order of different words will be presented to another set. In this research, we aim at finding if there is an effect and significant difference between recall in serial order and free recall. Previous studies have shown that it is easier to recall meaningful words than nonsense syllables. Hermann Ebbinghaus, a German psychologist, was the first to experimentally investigate the properties of human memory. He used nonsense syllables (consonant-vowel-consonant sequences) to construct lists of perhaps 20 items and then memorized these lists
References: Opoku, J.Y. (2006). Tutorials in inferential social statistics (2nd ED). Accra: Ghana universities press. Chapter 4 and Appendix 2.2 Users.ipfw.edu/../Ebbinghaus.html