Investigating Sternberg's Memory search Paradigm.

... Investigating Sternberg's Memory search Paradigm Abstract Many experiments have been conducted similar to Sternberg's Memory Search. Some of which supported his claims and others contradicting them. This experiment did both. Supported his claims that the process involved in memory searching was serial not parallel, but the process is self-terminating not exhaustive. However, many other factors that were not considered in this experiment affect the reaction times of the subjects. Introduction Part of Cognitive psychology is to identify and unravel the systems behind mental operations (e.g. matching, recognising, searching, discriminating, thinking etc). Many mental events occur very rapidly thus slight differences in reaction times could reveal differences in performance. Therefore, one of the main methodologies in researching such areas is the use of chronometric measures, which measure reaction times. Usually, the subject is presented with a stimulus displayed on screen and the time that elapses between the stimulus onset and the execution of the response

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