Psychology Hl Internal Assessment
| Psychology Internal Assessment | An experiment on instruction of free recall and serial recall on memory. | Psychology Higher Level | Name: Vanessa BarthovaCandidate Number: 001457-004School: QSI International School of BratislavaDate of Submission: February 25th, 2013Word Count: 1,997 | |
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Index
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................3
METHOD...................................................................................................................4
DESIGN………………………………………………………………………………………………….....4
PARTICIPANTS…………………………………………………………………………………….......5
MATERIALS………………………………………………………………………………………….…….5
PROCEDURE……………………………………………………………………………………….……..5
RESULTS................................................................................................................... 6
DISCUSSION..............................................................................................................9
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 11
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 12
Abstract
The aim of this experiment was to investigate whether recall of words can be influenced by instructed form of free recall versus serial recall. Since recall for any given item depends upon the position of that item in the series, it was investigated if the type of recall has influence on the primacy and recency effects. The hypothesis predicted that participants in the free recall condition will show a classic position curve with the recency effect taking place almost equally to the primacy effect, then when compared to participants in the serial anticipation condition where the primacy
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Index
ABSTRACT................................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................3
METHOD...................................................................................................................4
DESIGN………………………………………………………………………………………………….....4
PARTICIPANTS…………………………………………………………………………………….......5
MATERIALS………………………………………………………………………………………….…….5
PROCEDURE……………………………………………………………………………………….……..5
RESULTS................................................................................................................... 6
DISCUSSION..............................................................................................................9
REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 11
APPENDICES ............................................................................................................ 12
Abstract
The aim of this experiment was to investigate whether recall of words can be influenced by instructed form of free recall versus serial recall. Since recall for any given item depends upon the position of that item in the series, it was investigated if the type of recall has influence on the primacy and recency effects. The hypothesis predicted that participants in the free recall condition will show a classic position curve with the recency effect taking place almost equally to the primacy effect, then when compared to participants in the serial anticipation condition where the primacy
References: Atkinson, R.C.; Shiffrin, R.M. (1968). Chapter: Human memory: A proposed system and its control processes Deese, J. Serial Organization in the recall of disconnected items. Psychological reports. 1957, 3, 577-582 IB Psychology Experiments I give my consent to participate in the IB Psychology experiment about memory run by Vanessa Barthova and Katarina Hlavata on December 13, 2012.