Influences on Episodic Memory Free Recall Demonstration Langston, Cognitive Psychology

Instructions You are going to see a list of words. Pay attention to the words and try to remember as many as you can. When the instruction to recall appears, write down all of the words you can. Write the words in any order. You will have one minute to recall the words.

BED

CLOCK

DREAM

NIGHT

TURN

MATTRESS

SNOOZE

NOD

TIRED

NIGHT

ARTICHOKE

INSOMNIA

REST

TOSS

NIGHT

ALARM

NAP

SNORE

PILLOW

***RECALL THE LIST***

Data Analysis Let’s look at some specific items and see if you did or didn’t recall them…

Data Analysis Serial position: Did you recall: Nod, rest? (middle) Snore, pillow? (recency) Bed, clock? (primacy)

Data Analysis Distinctiveness: Did you recall: Artichoke? What kind of distinctiveness is this?

Data Analysis Repetition: Did you recall: Night? Should repetition work in this task (maybe think of some reasons for yes and some for no)?

Data Analysis Organization: Did you recall: Toss? Toss and turn together and in order? What kind of task would influence whether or not this happened?

Here’s the list: Bed Clock Dream Night Turn Mattress Snooze Nod Tired Artichoke Insomnia Rest Toss Night Alarm Nap Snore Pillow

Data Analysis Did you recall: Sleep? What happened? This will lead us into long term semantic memory.

End Influences on Episodic Memory Free Recall Demonstration