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Working Memory Span Differences in the Use of Encoding Strategies

Dmitsak, Lyndley Anne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1181838212

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2007, Master of Arts, Marietta College, Psychology.
The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between memory encoding techniques and working memory (WM) ability in college students enrolled in Introductory Psychology courses. This study expanded on Balch (2005), who found that compared to repeated definitions and paraphrases, mnemonics and examples improved scores on a multiple choice test. The participants in the current study, who were divided into low, medium, and high WM span groups, studied test booklets with psychology terms and definitions, followed by a repeated definition, a mnemonic device (i.e., keyword), or an example. It was predicted that the high WM span participants would perform better than the low WM span participants overall, that the mnemonic condition and the example condition would aide in the learning of the psychology terms more so than the repeated definition condition, that people with a low WM span would benefit more than the people with high WM span from the use of the mnemonic, and that the definition questions would be easier than the application questions on the multiple choice test. This final hypothesis was the only one supported by the data. However, even though there were no differences between encoding conditions, the participants rated the keyword and the example conditions as more helpful than the repeated definition condition.
Dr. Jennifer McCabe (Advisor)
63 p.
Psychology, Cognitive
working memory; encoding; education; mnemonics

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  • Dmitsak, L. A. (2007). Working Memory Span Differences in the Use of Encoding Strategies [Master's thesis, Marietta College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1181838212

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dmitsak, Lyndley. Working Memory Span Differences in the Use of Encoding Strategies. 2007. Marietta College, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1181838212.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dmitsak, Lyndley. "Working Memory Span Differences in the Use of Encoding Strategies." Master's thesis, Marietta College, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=marietta1181838212

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