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An investigation to study the effects of relationships between words and the ability to recall groups for words
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AN INVESTIGATION TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORDS AND THE ABILITY TO RECALL GROUPS OF WORDS. By Rehana Sattar ABSTRACT The aim of this experiment is to test whether catergorical clustering effects the number of words recalled. This investigation is based on Bousfields (1953) experiment allowing free recall., which is where participants are given the opportunity to recall words in any order they like. Therefore the experimental research method which will be used is an opportunity sample of 20 participants (10 male and 10 female) of students from the sixth form at the school I'm studying at. The experimental hypothesis of this experiment was: A greater number of words will be recalled when categorised in contrast to non-categorised words. The null hypothesis of this experiment was: There will be no difference in the number of words recalled from either list. The findings of this experiment supported the experimental hypothesis and rejected the...
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