Short Term Memory Rehearsal

The findings show that there was an average of a 70% increase in the number of words correctly recalled when written in black, compared to the number of words correctly recalled when written in colour. However, the results also show that averagely, 20% of participants showed no difference in the number of correctly recalled words written in black, and the number of correctly recalled words written in colour. Overall, we can reject the null hypothesis as 70% of the participants showed an increase in their short term memory therefore, although no 100% of the participants showed an increase in short term memory, a large amount of them did. The things that went well in this experiment were that the participants were able to easily understand what …show more content…
To improve this research, participants should be given a time frame in which to recall as many words as possible from each word list to ensure that this isn’t a variable within the investigation, as well as to ensure that all participants are given a fair and equal chance at remembering as many words as possible. Largely, it is students who will be able to benefit from this research, and this is because they are constantly under pressure from parents, peers and teachers to succeed in exams therefore, the conclusion that colour has a positive effect on short term memory can be used to allow students to create revision notes in colour in order to improve the amount of information that they can remember. However, it is not only students who will be able to benefit from this research. Other people in a professional field of work, such as doctors and pharmacists can use this research to create items that will be of benefit to their patients and