Cued Recall Demonstration Langston Cognitive Psychology Instructions You

Cued Recall Demonstration Langston, Cognitive Psychology

Instructions Ø You are going to see a list of sentences. Ø Pay attention to the sentences and try to remember as many as you can. Ø When the instruction to recall appears, write down all of the sentences you can.

A brick can be used as a doorstop

A ladder can be used as a bookshelf

A wine bottle can be used as a candleholder

A pan can be used as a drum

A record can be used to serve potato chips

A guitar can be used as a canoe paddle

A leaf can be used as a bookmark

An orange can be used to play catch

A newspaper can be used to swat flies

A TV antenna can be used as a clothes rack

A sheet can be used as a sail

A boat can be used as a shelter

A bathtub can be used as a punch bowl

A flashlight can be used to hold water

A rock can be used as a paperweight

A knife can be used to stir paint

A pen can be used as an arrow

A barrel can be used as a chair

A rug can be used as a bedspread

A telephone can be used as an alarm clock

A scissors can be used to cut grass

A board can be used as a ruler

A balloon can be used as a pillow

A shoe can be used to pound nails

A dime can be used as a screwdriver

A lampshade can be used as a hat

***RECALL THE LIST***

Data Analysis Ø How much were you able to recall? Let’s get some sample numbers. (I would predict moderate to low. )

Data Analysis Ø However, I would be willing to bet that almost everyone in here actually knows most of them, if not all. The problem is not remembering, it’s constructing the correct cue to find the sentences. Let’s try recall again, with the cues:

Data Analysis Flashlight Shoe Telephone Leaf Wine Bottle Newspaper Balloon Rug TV Antenna Lampshade Rock Scissors Dime Knife Pen Barrel Record Bathtub Sheet Guitar Boat Brick Board Pan Ladder Orange

Data Analysis Ø This illustrates the importance of cues. Maybe stuff isn’t gone so much as hard to find.

End Cued Recall Demonstration