Class Activity 4 Language Analysis

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Class activity 4 was very interesting and kind of difficult. We had to hear a list of words and then try to write down the words that we just heard down. Out of all the words that were told to us I was only able to recall eight of them. While I was being told the the list of words I was very quickly repeating them trying to remember them. Mostly I was trying to remember the ones that were told to me first and then I went on to try to remember the ones that were toward the end after I stopped trying to remember the previous words. I only managed to remember train, teacup, racket, atlas, doorway, armchair, photograph, and kitchen. Most people tend to only remember the beginning of the list, the end, and the middle gets lost. This process is

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