Psy 375 Module Three Lab Worksheet Template Complete
Psy 375 Module Three Lab Worksheet Templatecomplete This Template By R
Complete this template by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. All responses to lab questions should be in your own words or paraphrased.
Memory Span Lab Data
Insert your data in the table below.
- Type of Items - Final List Length - [Insert text] - [Insert value]
- [Insert text] - [Insert value]
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Insert a screenshot of the lab output below.
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Lab Questions
How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted?
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Why are some stimuli easier to remember than others? What trick did you use to perform better in this lab?
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Irrelevant Speech Effect Lab Data
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- Conditions - Proportion Correct - [Insert text] - [Insert value]
- [Insert text] - [Insert value]
Insert a screenshot of the lab output below.
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Lab Questions
How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted?
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Were you able to understand what was being said in the irrelevant speech? Do you think it matters or not to the effect? How does this effect apply to daily-life situations?
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Mental Rotation Lab Data
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| Rotation Angle | Same | Different |
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| [Insert value] | [Insert value] | [Insert value] |
| [Insert value] | [Insert value] | [Insert value] |
| [Insert value] | [Insert value] | [Insert value] |
| [Insert value] | [Insert value] | [Insert value] |
| [Insert value] | [Insert value] | [Insert value] |
Insert a screenshot of the lab output below.
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Lab Questions
How does the pattern of your individual data relate to the pattern of results predicted?
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How important do you think this capacity is for daily life? What profession or field of work do you think benefits from training in mental rotation?
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Module Question
These labs have shown the true capacity in terms of duration and number of items of our short-term/working memory. They also show the top-down and effortful quality of this memory. Seeing how your mind is capable of transforming and processing information to a certain extent, how would you apply the findings collected here to help someone memorize better?
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References
- Baddeley, A. D. (2003). Working memory: Looking back and looking forward. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 4(10), 829-839.
- Cowan, N. (2010). The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 24(1), 87-114.
- Brady, T. F., Konkle, T., Alvarez, G. A., & Oliva, A. (2011). Visual long-term memory has a massive storage capacity for object details. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(29), 11463-11468.
- Neath, I. (2000). So far, yet so near: The importance of the serial position effect in short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26(4), 1060-1067.
- Paas, F., & van Merriënboer, J. J. (1994). Variability of worked examples and transfer of geometrical problems. Journal of Educational Psychology, 86(1), 122–130.
- Kozhevnikova, A. P., & Korneev, F. N. (2018). The effect of irrelevant speech on working memory: A review. Psychology in Russia, 11(2), 174–188.
- Shepard, R. N., & Metzler, J. (1971). Mental rotation of three-dimensional objects. Science, 171(3972), 701-703.
- Vogel, E. K., McCollough, A. W., & Machizawa, M. G. (2005). Neural measures reveal individual differences in controlling access to working memory. Nature, 438(7067), 500-503.
- Ericsson, K. A., & Charness, N. (1994). Expert Performance: Its Structure and Acquisition. American Psychologist, 49(8), 725–747.
- Logie, R. H., & Della Sala, S. (2001). Memory and the control of attention. Memory & Cognition, 29(3), 389-393.