PSY 654 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 Cognitive Psychology PSY 654 Ryerson University

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 654
• Professor: Julia Spaniol

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I will read a word list at a rate of ~ 1 word every 2 s. After i have read the word list, please write down all the words that you can remember library, window, cellar, peach, avalanche, prairie, woods, meat, Write down the numbers of the words that you recalled. How many of you remembered woods? more hands up. How many of you remembered factory? less hands up. How many of you remembered library? more hand up. Why? proactive interference, rst few words interfere with the middle words. Wait a little longer after the study list before giving the command to recall. If they are distracted they will not show recency effect. A delay between the end of the list and recall period reduces recency effect. If the primacy effect, re ects rehearsal, then early word should be rehearsed more than later. Rundus & atkinson (1970): had participants rehearse out loud, counted # rehearsals per word words.