An investigation to see the effect of chunking on short term memory recall.

... An investigation to see the effect of chunking on short term memory recall Contents Introduction Background Research Rationale Aims Hypothesis including Null Hypothesis Method & Design Variables Participants Apparatus Procedure Controls Results Summary Table Summary Table commentary Descriptive Statistics Table Descriptive Statistics commentary Relationship of results to hypotheses Discussion Validity Suggestions for improved validity Reliability Improving reliability Implications of study Generalisation of findings Applications to real life References Introduction Background Research Cognition is the activity of internal mental processing. This has been the focus of many psychologists in their studies. It involves the way human minds think, recall and perceive information. Cognitive psychologists the empirical studies below, discuss the evolution of chunking. Chunking theory, is a technique, which improves performance of recalling. If this technique actively practised or rehearsed, it will help improve retention for the subject. This is achieved by an increase in the knowledge about patterns concerning the task. These patterns are called chunks. Chunking was first proposed as a model of human memory by a Harvard psychologist called George A. Miller in (1956). Miller's main hypotheses

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