Memory Span

1. What is the IV(s) - list all IVs and levels/conditions - no extra conditions (3 pts)

2. What is the DV (as measured in this experiment) (3 pts)

3. What is the expected hypothesis? (3 pts)

4. In this task, you were presented with five different categories of items: numbers, letters that sounded the same, letters that sounded different, short words, and long words. Think about how you approached completing this task. Which items do you think were the most difficult to remember, and thus had the shortest memory span? Which items do you think you were able to remember the most accurately? (3 pts)

5. People often talk about the "mind as a computer"do you think that is true when it comes to working memory? How might your working memory be different from the type of "memory" that a computer uses, i.e. RAM, random access memory? (3 pts)