Meaning Enhances Recall
The class conducted another experiment on memory. Twenty words are to be remembered according using the help of counting the syllables (A words) or the positive or negative connotation (B words) it has. The class’s mean is 5.09 A words are remembered and 7.09 B words, which totals to a total of 12.27 words remembered from 20. The top scorer has 19 words remembered, and the worst is 6. I did poorly at this test. My result was 4 A words and 2 B words with a total of only 6 words. Mr. Anthony said that people remember more words with meaning. However I remember more A words. Ironic. However, the top scorer Pox used a story to help him recall the words. Thus memory can be made more effective using meaning insist recalling. On the other hand, if one had affecting environmental factors like little sleep or misunderstanding the instruction, the result will be poor too. I can see a pattern that people only remember what has some significance to them. For example, we are told to do so. Or else we are forced to ponder upon it. In other words, we choose to remember what holds meaning. If it does not hold some importance, we are not likely to remember it.