Instructions for Participants Part 1a You will see a list of words. Each word will be presented one at a time. After each list you will write the words that you remember on a piece of paper. Please write the last few items first then recall the rest of the list in any order. Try not to guess. You will be given a maximum of 3 min to recall as many words as possible. When everyone is ready I will start the presentation of each list.
List 1 Mad Fear Hate Rage Temper Fury Ire Wrath Happy Fight Hatred Mean Calm Emotion Enrage RECALL!
List 2 Note Sound Piano Sing Radio Band Melody Horn Concert Instrument Symphony Jazz Orchestra Art Rhythm RECALL!
List 3 Butter Food Eat Sandwich Rye Jam Milk Flour Jelly Dough Crust Slice Wine Loaf Toast RECALL!
List 4 Table Sit Legs Seat Couch Desk Recliner Sofa Wood Cushion Swivel Stool Sitting Rocking Bench RECALL!
List 5 Hot Snow Warm Winter Ice Wet Frigid Chilly Heat Weather Freeze Air Shiver Artic Frost RECALL!
List 6 Sour Candy Sugar Bitter Good Taste Tooth Nice Honey Soda Chocolate Heart Cake Tart Pan RECALL!
List 7 Bed Rest Awake Tired Dream Wake Snooze Blanket Doze Slumber Snore Nap Peace Yawn Drowsy RECALL!
Instructions for Participants - Part 1b Next you will see a list of words. Decide how certain you are that the word was previously shown in a list by writing 0 if definitely new word, 1 if not sure if new or old, or 2 if definitely an old word (in other words previously presented). Write your answer next to each word on the list.
Test 1 Write: 0 if new; 1 if not sure; 2 if old 1. Mad 2. House 3. Fruit 4. Above 5. Horn 6. Sleep 7. Doctor 8. Sour 9. Gravel 10. Grief 11. Butter 12. Rhythm 13. Rough 14. Wood 15. Cold 16. Heat 17. Apple 18. Shoe 19. Bread 20. Jagged 21. Window 22. Angry 23. Blanket 24. Black 25. Ill 26. Taste 27. Foot 28. Sweet 29. Frost 30. Pear 31. Elevate 32. Wrath 33. Chair 34. High 35. Bed 36. Cure 37. Bench 38. White 39. Door 40. Music 41. Flour 42. Ankle
Thank you! That is the end of part 1.
Scoring First, we will score each of your recalled lists I will show the correct answers with an extra bolded word that was not on the list Compare the lists and mark your incorrect answers with an X If you wrote down the bolded word, then circle it Then: Count number of correctly recalled old words (out of 105) Count number of incorrectly recalled new words Count number of lure words (i.e. the bolded word at bottom of correct list) (out of 7)
List 1 List 2 List 3 List 4 Mad Fear Hate Rage Temper Fury Ire Wrath Happy Fight Hatred Mean Calm Emotion Enrage Note Sound Piano Sing Radio Band Melody Horn Concert Instrument Symphony Jazz Orchestra Art Rhythm Butter Food Eat Sandwich Rye Jam Milk Flour Jelly Dough Crust Slice Wine Loaf Toast Table Sit Legs Seat Couch Desk Recliner Sofa Wood Cushion Swivel Stool Sitting Rocking Bench ANGER MUSIC BREAD CHAIR
List 6 Sour Candy Sugar Bitter Good Taste Tooth Nice Honey Soda Chocolate Heart Cake Tart Pan SWEET List 5 Hot Snow Warm Winter Ice Wet Frigid Chilly Heat Weather Freeze Air Shiver Artic Frost COLD Bed Rest Awake Tired Dream Wake Snooze Blanket Doze Slumber Snore Nap Peace Yawn Drowsy SLEEP List 7
Scoring Second, we will score your recognition test Using answer page, star blue answers Using answer page, underline red answers Using answer page, check black answers Of the stared blue items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Of the underlined red items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Of the checked black items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Enter above totals into matrix: 2 1 0 Blue (old) Red (lure) Black (new)
Results to enter into Excel: Test 1 Ss # Gender (Male = 1; Female = 2) Recall (part 1) results: # correct = # new = # lures = Recognition (part 2) results: Enter # of each answer (2, 1, or 0) for each color (item type) 2 1 0 Row total Blue (old) Red (lure) Black (new) 14 7 21
Test 1 Answers 0 = new; 2 = old; Red = Lure 1. Mad 2. House 3. Fruit 4. Above 5. Horn 6. Sleep 7. Doctor 8. Sour 9. Gravel 10. Grief 11. Butter 12. Rhythm 13. Rough 14. Wood 15. Cold 16. Heat 17. Apple 18. Shoe 19. Bread 20. Jagged 21. Window 22. Angry 23. Blanket 24. Black 25. Ill 26. Taste 27. Foot 28. Sweet 29. Frost 30. Pear 31. Elevate 32. Wrath 33. Chair 34. High 35. Bed 36. Cure 37. Bench 38. White 39. Door 40. Music 41. Flour 42. Ankle
Instructions for Participants Part 2a You will again see a similar series of lists of words. Each word will be presented one at a time. After each list you will write the words that you remember on a piece of paper. Please write the last few items first then recall the rest of the list in any order. Try not to guess. Try not to recall words that are similar in meaning. You will be given a maximum of 3 min to recall as many words as possible. When everyone is ready I will start the presentation of each list.
List A Steal Robber Crook Burglar Money Cop Bad Rob Jail Gun Villian Crime Bank Bandit Criminal RECALL!
List B Web Insect Bug Fright Fly Arachnid Crawl Tarantula Poison Bite Creepy Animal Ugly Feelers Small RECALL!
List C Hard Light Pillow Plush Loud Cotton Fur Touch Fluffy Feather Furry Downy Kitten Skin Tender RECALL!
List D Thread Pin Eye Sewing Sharp Point Prick Thimble Haystack Thorn Hurt Injection Syringe Cloth Knitting RECALL!
List E Water Stream Lake Mississippi Boat Tide Swim Flow Run Barge Creek Brook Fish Bridge Winding RECALL!
List F Boy Dolls Female Young Dress Pretty Hair Niece Dance Beautiful Cute Date Aunt Daughter Sister RECALL!
List G Fast Lethargic Stop Listless Snail Cautious Delay Traffic Turtle Hesitant Speed Quick Sluggish Wit Molasses RECALL!
Instructions for Participants: Part 2b Next you will see a list of words. Decide how certain you are that the word was previously shown in a list by writing 0 if definitely new word, 1 if not sure if new or old, or 2 if definitely an old word (in other words previously presented). Write your answer next to each word on the list.
Test 2 Write: 0 if new; 1 if not sure; 2 if old 1. Steal 2. King 3. Plain 4. Above 5. Delay 6. Soft 7. Doctor 8. Web 9. Ski 10. Father 11. Tender 12. Fast 13. House 14. Hair 15. Needle 16. Flow 17. Man 18. Shoe 19. Thief 20. Reign 21. Window 22. River 23. Thimble 24. Mountain 25. Ill 26. Touch 27. Foot 28. Slow 29. Sister 30. Throne 31. Elevate 32. Bad 33. Spider 34. High 35. Knitting 36. Cure 37. Water 38. Old 39. Door 40. Girl 41. Poison 42. Ankle
Thank you! That is the end of part 2.
Scoring First, we will score each of your recalled lists I will show the correct answers with an extra bolded word that was not on the list Compare the lists and mark your incorrect answers with an X If you wrote down the bolded word, then circle it Then: Count number of correctly recalled old words (out of 105) Count number of incorrectly recalled new words Count number of lure words (i.e. the bolded word at bottom of correct list) (out of 7)
List A List B List C List D Steal Robber Crook Burglar Money Cop Bad Rob Jail Gun Villian Crime Bank Bandit Criminal Web Insect Bug Fright Fly Arachnid Crawl Tarantula Poison Bite Creepy Animal Ugly Feelers Small Hard Light Pillow Plush Loud Cotton Fur Touch Fluffy Feather Furry Downy Kitten Skin Tender Thread Pin Eye Sewing Sharp Point Prick Thimble Haystack Thorn Hurt Injection Syringe Cloth Knitting THIEF SPIDER SOFT NEEDLE
List F Boy Dolls Female Young Dress Pretty Hair Niece Dance Beautiful Cute Date Aunt Daughter Sister GIRL List E Water Stream Lake Mississippi Boat Tide Swim Flow Run Barge Creek Brook Fish Bridge Winding RIVER Fast Lethargic Stop Listless Snail Cautious Delay Traffic Turtle Hesitant Speed Quick Sluggish Wit Molasses SLOW List G
Scoring Second, we will score your recognition test Using answer page, star blue answers Using answer page, underline red answers Using answer page, check black answers Of the circled blue items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Of the underlined red items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Of the checked black items: count # of 2s, 1s, and 0s Enter above totals into matrix: Blue (old) Red (lure) Black (new) 2 1 0
Answers Black = new word; Blue = old word; Red = Lure word 1. Steal 2. King 3. Plain 4. Above 5. Delay 6. Soft 7. Doctor 8. Web 9. Ski 10. Father 11. Tender 12. Fast 13. House 14. Hair 15. Needle 16. Flow 17. Man 18. Shoe 19. Thief 20. Reign 21. Window 22. River 23. Thimble 24. Mountain 25. Ill 26. Touch 27. Foot 28. Slow 29. Sister 30. Throne 31. Elevate 32. Bad 33. Spider 34. High 35. Knitting 36. Cure 37. Water 38. Old 39. Door 40. Girl 41. Poison 42. Ankle
Results to enter into Excel: Test 2 Ss # Gender (Male = 1; Female = 2) Recall (part 1) results: # correct = # new = # lures = Recognition (part 2) results: Enter # of each answer (2, 1, or 0) for each color (item type) 2 1 0 Row total Blue (old) Red (lure) Black (new) 14 7 21
For the Researcher: Analyses Recall # correct/105 = % correct # lures/7 = % false memory Recognition (2 = old, 1 = not sure, 0 = new) Old words: # 2+1s/14 = % correct id as old word Lure words: # 2+1s/7 = % false memory New words: # 2+1s/21 = % incorrect id as old word Data analyses Calculate means and SDs for variables Create graphs Examine paired-samples t-tests Recall Recognition Recall vs. recognition