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Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not. By: Renee Bynum. Purpose. To find the limitations of short term memory and how students can make their memorization stronger. Question. Is memorizing related words easier than memorizing random words when studying for a test?. Methodology.

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Forget Me Not

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  1. Forget Me Not By: Renee Bynum

  2. Purpose To find the limitations of short term memory and how students can make their memorization stronger.

  3. Question Is memorizing related words easier than memorizing random words when studying for a test?

  4. Methodology I will create two groups of words: one group will be random and the other group will contain related words. I will ask each of the participants to study the first set for two minutes and record their answers then allow them two more minutes to memorize the related words. When I am finished testing each subject I will record my data and compare my results.

  5. Thesis If I gave you a list of 25 words and two minutes to memorize them could you recite them all? Despite having two minutes you will still find it hard to recall the words. This experiment shows some of the limitations of short-term memory. According to researcher George A. Miller, the typical storage capacity for short-term memory is seven plus or minus two items. I believe if the words were related in some way it could significantly increase memorization and recall.

  6. Example Random Words: Nine Swap Cell Ring Lust Plugs Lamp Apple Table Sway Army Bank Fire Hold Worm Clock Horse Color Baby Sword Related Words: Horse Cat Dog Fish Bird Orange Pink Blue Green Black Table Chair Desk Shelf Bed Apple Kiwi Mango Banana Cherry

  7. Data

  8. Analysis All subjects remembered the average amount of words in the first trial. When presented with words that relate the subjects could recall over the normal amount allowed by short term memory. These results show that my hypothesis was indeed correct.

  9. Conclusion I can conclude that my hypothesis is correct. It is easier to recall word that relate to each other. If I could redo my experiment I would change a few things. I would add a stronger control and limit the variables. Some unforeseen factors were subjects chunking and making songs out of the word sets. This could potentially help them remember more so than just reading the words repeatedly.

  10. The End

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