Memory Recollection

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Memory Recollection

• Vivienne Alonso
• Stephanie Hinojosa
• Dena Oak

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Introduction

• Purpose
• To determine how well an individual is able to
  recall a list of items presented to him or her.

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Hypotheses

• Hypothesis 1
• Participants will remember more items during
  immediate recall rather than delayed recall.
• Hypothesis 2
• Participants will group certain words together,
  in order to help them remember more of the words
  that were presented to them.

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Methods

• Participants
• 12 participants
• Stimuli
• Delayed Recall list
• Immediate Recall list

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Procedure

• Delayed Recall
• Search-a-word puzzle
• Immediate Recall
• Demographic Sheet

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Results

• Hypothesis 1
• Delayed recall 47.5
• Immediate recall 57.5
• Hypothesis 2
• On average participants grouped 1.67 of the
  delayed recall condition while they grouped 4.60
  of the immediate recall condition.

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Delayed Recall
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Immediate Recall
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Discussion

• What have we learned?
• - Participants recall more words when using
  grouping as a method of remembering.
• Improvements
• Improve the lists
• More participants