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Carry out an experiment on participants to investigate proactive interference on memory recall, using McGeoch’s 1942 study as the basic format of the experiment. McGeoch’s research showed that proactive interference
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TITLE An experiment to investigate proactive memory recall in two conditions, the second being a repeat of half the words in the first condition with new words to remember. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number: Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Aim 4 Null & Alternative Hypotheses 4 Method 5 Results 8 Discussion 10 Conclusion & References 11 Appendix 12 1- Brief 12 2- Debrief 12 3- Stimuli sheet for condition 1 13 4- Stimuli sheet for condition 2 13 5- Participant consent form 14 6- Data Table 15 7- Raw Data 16 ABSTRACT The background theory based on research by McGeoch in 1942 which supported proactive interference, the experiment involved two conditions with independent measures, one group had a rest period, one had to learn word list A. then both conditions were given list B to learn, and asked to recall list B. the results showed better accuracy and more correctly recalled words in the first condition, the controlled group. And in the second condition, the experimental group, proactive interference occurred as list A, caused them to forget and make mistakes...
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