Most of these experiments require sound.  Some questions will state to answer the questions at the end of the experiment.  Write down the questions before closing the experiment.

ICONIC MEMORY  
 

1. Record your scores for both exercises.

2. What do you think would happen if the experimenter delayed the tone for a second after the display disappeared instead of playing the tone immediately?

3. Why do you think information in the echoic store lasts longer, and why is this important to human beings?
    

JUST THE FACTS PLEASE

1. How accurate was your reporting?

2. What does our mind tend to do when we forget?

3. What is the Yerkes-Dodson Law?

4. What methods could a reporter use to improve his/her recall?
    

SERIAL POSITION EFFECT
 

1. What is the serial position effect?

2. What else would affect your results beside the serial position effect?
    

   

THE MEMORY EXHIBIT

Field trip time!  Visit the above exhibit about the wonders of memory.  Write a detailed field trip report about the attractions you visited and the activities you participated in.  What part of the field trip did you find the most interesting?  What did you learn from this virtual trip?

WARNING:  The Remembering Nagasaki attraction (one section of this trip) contains graphic images that may offend some viewers.  Viewing of this section is optional.