Investigating Memory Test 2
In a moment, you will be shown a number of word pairs one at a time e.g. bear - book Try to memorise the word pairs. Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.
Memory Strategy Please choose one of the following strategies to help you remember the words: (e.g. bear – book) 1Visualisation: Try to memorise the word pairs by forming a bizarre image that expresses both words, e.g. 2Putting into a sentence: Try to invent a silly sentence containing both the words, e.g. The bear was eating the book. Tell us which you have chosen when you us your results – thanks. Please press [ENTER] to continue.
To test how well you have remembered the words you will be presented with the first word of a pair and will have to try and recall the matching word. For example, if presented with bear the correct response would be book To record your recall, you will need to write the word down on a piece of paper - so make sure you have pen and paper ready now. Press the [ENTER] key when you wish to proceed.
The word pairs follow……... Hit [ENTER] when you are ready to begin The presentation of the word pairs is then automatic
Lake - Insect 1
Apple - Home 2
Window - Rock 3
Grass - Bottle 4
Salad - Frog 5
Gold - Elbow 6
Coast - Butterfly 7
Microscope - Lemon 8
Barrel - Piano 9
Tree - Newspaper 10
Baby - Paper 11
Ship - Magazine 12
Hospital - Fox 13
Sea - Automobile 14
Restaurant - Hillside 15
String - Valley 16
Temple - Corner 17
Cradle - Plant 18
Nail - Sugar 19
Winter - Party 20
Corn - Butcher 21
Clock - Fire 22
Picture - Fur 23
Rattle - Bowl 24
Hall - Thorn 25
University - Swamp 26
Admiral - Student 27
Brain - Dawn 28
Building - Potato 29
Shoes - Beaver 30
End of word pairs Now write down the number at the top of a piece of paper. Subtract ‘7’ from this number and write down the answer. Now subtract ‘7’ again and keep doing this for one minute…… NB This slide will change automatically after one minute – no need for you to time it!
End of arithmetic! Press the [ENTER] key when you are ready to proceed. Don’t forget to have paper and pencil ready!
You will now be shown the first word of each pair and you should try and write down the other word of that pair. Press the [ENTER] key when you are ready to proceed The presentation of the word pairs is then automatic
Lake - 1
Apple - 2
Window - 3
Grass - 4
Salad - 5
Gold - 6
Coast - 7
Microscope - 8
Barrel - 9
Tree - 10
Baby - 11
Ship - 12
Hospital - 13
Sea - 14
Restaurant - 15
String - 16
Temple - 17
Cradle - 18
Nail - 19
Winter - 20
Corn - 21
Clock - 22
Picture - 23
Rattle - 24
Hall - 25
University - 26
Admiral - 27
Brain - 28
Building - 29
Shoes - 30
End of experiment Please would you now back your answers (numbered 1 – 30), together with your age and sex, and the strategy you chose [ 1 – visualisation; 2 – sentence ]. Many thanks for your help!