Concreteness Demonstration Langston, Cognitive Psychology

Instructions You are going to see a list of word pairs. Pay attention to the words and try to remember as many as you can. We’ll have a cued recall at the end. I’ll show you a word, you write the word that went with it on the list.

HATCHET-LEAF

CAUSE-MEANING

SOFA-BICYCLE

JUDGMENT-CONCERN

MUSEUM-ANTELOPE

TRUCK-APPLE

MOUNTAIN-CALENDAR

PURPOSE-VALUE

SUBSTANCE-DUTY

EVENT-CONCEPT

CARTON-BOTTLE

OCEAN-NEWSPAPER

REASON-FREEDOM

DECISION-PROGRAM

You will see a word, write the word that was paired with it… ***RECALL TEST*** You will see a word, write the word that was paired with it…

TRUCK

PURPOSE

CARTON

SUBSTANCE

JUDGMENT

SOFA

DECISION

CAUSE

MOUNTAIN

REASON

HATCHET

MUSEUM

EVENT

OCEAN

Data Analysis Count how many of these words you recalled (set 1): Apple Bottle Bicycle Calendar Leaf Antelope Newspaper

Data Analysis Count how many of these words you recalled (set 2): Value Duty Concern Program Meaning Freedom Concept

Data Analysis I’ll get a sample of each set of words: We should see way more words in set 1. What is the difference between sets 1 and 2?

Data Analysis Stimulus Response HATCHET LEAF CAUSE MEANING SOFA BICYCLE JUDGMENT CONCERN MUSEUM ANTELOPE TRUCK APPLE MOUNTAIN CALENDAR PURPOSE VALUE SUBSTANCE DUTY EVENT CONCEPT CARTON BOTTLE OCEAN NEWSPAPER REASON FREEDOM DECISION PROGRAM

End Concreteness Demonstration