Based on the theory that memory span is limited and it decreases with time, it was hypothesized that human memory could hold approximately four to seven variables at ago without rehearsing them or reviewing the original codification. To examine the span of the memory of the participants, the respondents were asked to memorize characters in variable sets and the sequence that they occurred. The Memory Span Lab that I participated only varies with CogLab in the sense that CogLab included other variables like sound and images during experimentation. The findings made by CogLab relates with my predictions in the sense that both experiments were aimed at evaluating the extent that human mind can hold data. Before conducting the experiment, several factors were made constant such as mental rest, the size of fonts of the variables, time of exposure and the volume of sound variables. The study concluded that human beings could only remember a few number of variable or characters after a short duration of time. However, when they were asked to memorize variables after twenty seconds, it was established that they could not remember with the precision as compared to when they remembered the characters after five minutes. The respondents could apparently remember from three to five variables in a given set, after five seconds of the experiment. The same procedure, but now with a different set of variables, was repeated and the respondents were asked to memorize the variables after twenty seconds. The subjects, after five seconds were asked to recall the variables. They were asked to listen to different keys played on a piano and were also allowed to look at the sequence of numbers that were written on a big screen for ten seconds. The research, Superficial Memory did by “CogLab” was conducted on two hundred respondents who were well prepared for the test. What are the factors that determine the ability of individuals to remember variables? Is there any relationship or differences between the number of figures, letters, sounds, words and images that an individual can remember?Ĥ. What is the approximate number of variables that can be memorized?ģ.
Can an individual memorize everything he/she sees?Ģ. Among many questions that they sought to answer include:ġ.
Researchers and scholars have explored this field to try and understand the level of which various things can be forgotten over a short time. The primary purpose of this report is to make an exploration of the capacity of mind and the extent of which it can remember data before discarding it. The short-term memory system comprises of functional cognitive components that allow for understanding the immediate environment of an individual, personal representation and reaction to stimuli in the niche and it also retains information from the present and immediate past events, (Vandenessche, E., 2015, p89). This report records the findings on the question under investigation, “Memory Span.” Numerous cognitive theories are of the opinion that there exists a system of working memory that can only allow for a limited amount of data to be stored temporarily, (Wheatley, J. Memory span refers to the duration that mind of a person can hold a memory of a given number of variables. These findings made it be concluded that human mind can memorize a few variables, particularly words and letters. It was established that the many of the participants could only remember between four to seven variables in a particular set. The sets ranged from three to ten characters and participants were required to correctly memorize a set of these variables before they proceeded to the next set that had one more character than the previous one added to it. The participants were provided with three sets of variables Numbers, Letters and Words each at a time. Memory span experiment is a test that was conducted among one hundred and thirty-one Murdoch on-campus psychology undergraduate students to evaluate the number of various variables that a person can memorize without referencing.
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