Levels of Processing Demonstration

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Levels of Processing Demonstration

• Langston,
• Cognitive Psychology

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Instructions

• You are going to be given a task. This task will
  be a question. As you look at the list of words
  that is coming up, answer the question for each
  word by writing yes or no on your paper.
• There will be a standard free recall after the
  list.

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Instructions

• Everyone number your paper from 1-20.
• Different parts of the class will be given
  different tasks. Im going to tell you if you
  are in group one or two.
• If you are in group one, look at the next slide
  for your task. Group two, look away.

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Instructions

• The task for group one is to answer this
  question
• Does the word contain the letter E? Write yes
  if the word does contain the letter E, write no
  if it does not.
• You must remember your task and use it for all
  items.

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Instructions

• If you are in group two, look at the next slide
  for your task. Group one, look away.

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Instructions

• The task for group two is to answer this
  question
• Does the word sound pleasant to you? Write yes
  if the word sounds pleasant, write no if it
  does not.
• You must remember your task and use it for all
  items.

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Instructions

• Everyone has their task, I am going to begin
  showing the words. You need to work quickly, you
  have three seconds per word

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TABLE
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NIGHT
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RED
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LOVE
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SALT
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HAPPY
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NORTH
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MOTHER
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HIGH
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ODD
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HATE
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FATHER
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DAY
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GREEN
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EVEN
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CHAIR
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PEPPER
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LOW
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SAD
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SOUTH
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RECALL THE LIST
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Data Analysis

• The trick for this experiment was the two tasks.
  Im going to get a sample of recall totals from
  the two groups
• Group 1
• Group 2

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Data Analysis

• We should see a large difference. Why?
• Group 1 Does the word contain the letter E?
  Write yes if the word does contain the letter
  E, write no if it does not.
• Group 2 Does the word sound pleasant to you?
  Write yes if the word sounds pleasant, write
  no if it does not.

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Data Analysis

• We should also see more clustering in group 2.
  Count how many of these word pairs came out
  together in your recall
• Table-Chair
• Night-Day
• Red-Green
• Love-Hate
• Salt-Pepper
• Happy-Sad
• North-South
• Mother-Father
• High-Low
• Odd-Even

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Data Analysis

• Lets count the clustering in the two groups
• Group 1
• Group 2
• Why should group two have more clustering?

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End Levels of Processing Demonstration