That is the famous all purpose demo in which you can not only show the serial position effects but also show semantic organization (toss and turn are often recalled if only one of them is, then it cues memory for the associated term). The vonRestorff effect is there (artichoke) and repetition effects are there (night). And, of course, the false memory effect. There are several similar lists in a publication by Roediger (?) But again, I seldom get a good serial position effect and believe me, I have tried everything! Oral, visual, 2 sec per word, 1 sec per word, etc. Must be our weird school.......
overall, though, it's a great demo becaue you can kill lots of birds with one stone. Annette Quoting Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Mark A. Casteel wrote: > > > Hi Annette. I was surprised to hear you say that the serial position curve > > > demo works for you only 50% of the time. For me, it's one of the most > > reliable demos that I can do, and I therefore do it in both my intro class > > > and my cognitive psych class. For me, the one time it didn't work was when > > > I had a class size smaller than 20. My classes usually range between 40-50 > > > in intro (although my cognitive class generally is between 15-20). Out of > > curiosity, how many words do you use in your list? I use 15. -- Mark > > It has worked for me in relatively small classes, including a class of 12 > this semester. In the past I had problems with it, I believe because I simply > chose a set of words on the spot. Lately I've been using a list from Tom > Pusateri's demonstration materials (copied below). These have worked quite > reliably so far. Notice that they also will produce other effects such as > false memory for "SLEEP". Tom reports that this demonstration originally came > from Doug Bernstein, and I suspect that it's published somewhere in more > complete form. > > > Paul Smith > Alverno College > Milwaukee > > BED > CLOCK > DREAM > NIGHT > TURN > MATTRESS > SNOOZE > NOD > TIRED > NIGHT > ARTICHOKE > INSOMNIA > REST > TOSS > NIGHT > ALARM > NAP > SNORE > PILLOW > > > > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
