Although there is substantial empirical evidence that organization affects recall, there is little known about the effects of specific forms or organizers. The present experiment is an attempt to clarify the role of semantic and graphic cues. Two hundred sixty-four college students participated. Subjects were randomly assigned to eight conditions which varied in explicit visual and semantic organization. Findings indicated that conditions which received explicit semantic organization resulted in much better recall than in other conditions. Additionally, the presence of visual cues facilitated recall at significantly higher rates than the absence of visual cues. Alphabetical information provided no memory facilitation compared to randomly organized lists. Finally, results showed that these findings can be generalized to other hierarchically related word sets. Potential explanations for these findings are presented with a discussion of the study's implications for future research and educational applications. / Department of Psychological Science
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/184717 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Creek, Kelly Jo |
| Contributors | Ball State University. Dept. of Psychological Science., Butler, Darrell L. |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 81 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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