Design your own word memory experiment
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The document provides instructions to memorize 20 words in 2 minutes and then write down as many words as possible. It then lists potential experiments one could design to test factors that may influence word memorization, such as gender, word length, concreteness, order, emotional content, and use of images or memory strategies.
Design your own word memory experiment
- 1. You have 2 minutes to memorize these 20 words: • Nine • Swap • Cell • Ring • Lust • Plugs • Lamp • Apple • Table • Hold • Bank • Fire • Worm • Clock • Horse • Colour • Baby • Sword • Desk • Army
- 2. Write down as many words as you can remember
- 3. Design your own experiment Do clever people remember more words than less clever people?
- 4. Design your own experiment Do women remember more words than men?
- 5. Design your own experiment Would women remember more words than men? Suppose the words were gender specific to women.
- 6. Design your own experiment Is one colour easier to remember than the others? Suppose the words were written in different colours
- 7. Design your own experiment Are short words easier to remember than long words?
- 8. Design your own experiment Are abstract words easier to remember than concrete words?
- 9. Design your own experiment Are the words at the start of the list remembered more easily than the words at end?
- 10. Design your own experiment Are rude or angry words easier to remember than polite or calm words?
- 11. Design your own experiment CAT Are pictures easier to remember than words?
- 12. Design your own experiment If you exercise will you remember more words?
- 13. Design your own experiment Can you use any special strategies to help you remember more words?