1. Levels of Processing Demonstration
Langston,
Cognitive Psychology

2. Instructions
You are going to be given a task. This task will be a question. As you look at the list of words that is coming up, answer the question for each word by writing “yes” or “no” on your paper.
There will be a standard free recall after the list.

3. Instructions Everyone number your paper from 1-20.
Different parts of the class will be given different tasks. I’m going to tell you if you are in group one or two.
If you are in group one, look at the next slide for your task. Group two, look away.

4. Instructions The task for group one is to answer this question:
Does the word contain the letter E? Write “yes” if the word does contain the letter E, write “no” if it does not.
You must remember your task and use it for all items.

5. Instructions
If you are in group two, look at the next slide for your task. Group one, look away.

6. Instructions The task for group two is to answer this question:
Does the word sound pleasant to you? Write “yes” if the word sounds pleasant, write “no” if it does not.
You must remember your task and use it for all items.

7. Instructions
Everyone has their task, I am going to begin showing the words. You need to work quickly, you have three seconds per word…

8. TABLE

9. NIGHT

10. RED

11. LOVE

12. SALT

13. HAPPY

14. NORTH

15. MOTHER

16. HIGH

17. ODD

18. HATE

19. FATHER

20. DAY

21. GREEN

22. EVEN

23. CHAIR

24. PEPPER

25. LOW

26. SAD

27. SOUTH

28. ***RECALL THE LIST***

29. Data Analysis
The trick for this experiment was the two tasks. I’m going to get a sample of recall totals from the two groups…
Group 1:
Group 2:

30. Data Analysis We should see a large difference. Why?
Group 1: Does the word contain the letter E? Write “yes” if the word does contain the letter E, write “no” if it does not.
Group 2: Does the word sound pleasant to you? Write “yes” if the word sounds pleasant, write “no” if it does not.

31. Data Analysis
We should also see more clustering in group 2. Count how many of these word pairs came out together in your recall:
Table-Chair
Night-Day
Red-Green
Love-Hate
Salt-Pepper
Happy-Sad
North-South
Mother-Father
High-Low
Odd-Even

32. Data Analysis Let’s count the clustering in the two groups…
Why should group two have more clustering?

33. End Levels of Processing Demonstration