Cognitive Experiment 03: Meaning Enhances Recall

Introduction:
This experiment aims to study how meaning of the words may enhance the ability for a person to recall the word. By presenting 20 words to the participants, the participants have to memorize as many words as possible. Given that the letter A and B written in the corner of the piece of paper the words are presented on, The rule is directed to the participant, stating that if the letter A is presented, the participant need to count the syllable of the words and if the letter B is present, the participant need to categorize the words as either pleasant or unpleasant. Then the participants are given 3 minutes to write down all the words they remembered Through this, the data is collected and accumulated into the result of how meaning can enhance recalls.

Data Collection:
Total Score: 20
Lowest Total Score: 6
Highest Total Score: 19
Average A words memorized: 5.09
Average B words memorized: 7.09
Average words in total memorized: 12.27
Number of participants memorizing A=B: 2
Number of participants memorizing A > B: 1
Number of participants memorizing A < B: 8

Conclusion:
According to the result, people tends to recall better when the words are associated with some meaning, rather than only just counting the syllable. The results then successfully portrays that meaning do enhance human's ability to recall a certain things. Though, errors associated with this experiment may include other factors, such as breaking the rules. Also, how many words a person can memorized may varies due to process and environmental factors, such as mnemonic.