The differences in memory performance when using recall and recognition as measures of memory.

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The differences in memory performance when using recall and recognition as measures of memory.

For this study there will be 2 groups of 15 people. Each group will be presented with a list of items but one group will hear them and the other group will see them.

The first group will be given a list of 25 items. They will then be given a minute to rehearse them. After that minute the list will be taken away and they will have another minute to tell me the 25 items from memory, they will not be penalised if they are not in the order they received them. This group will be known as group one.

        

The second group will be have the same 25 items read out to them. After a minute they will be given a sheet of paper with 50 words and be asked to cross out the words that they heard. This group will be known as group two.

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Hypothesis for the experiment

Group two will recall more of the 25 words than group one.

Null hypothesis for the experiment

There will be no significant difference between the two groups.

Experimental design

The experimental design I have used is Independent groups design. There are two main reasons for this; firstly I only have to come up with one set of words to remember. This means that setting the experiment up is easier and faster. Secondly there is no chance of people remembering the words from the first time because no one will know that the other ...

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