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The Effects Of Prescribed Vs. Choice Organization On Information Recognition, Carlee M. Deyoung
The Effects Of Prescribed Vs. Choice Organization On Information Recognition, Carlee M. Deyoung
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
Previous research has suggested that categorical organization of information increases the likelihood of it being remembered on a later memory task (Calfee & Peterson, 1968). Additionally, Slamecka and Graf (1978) found that if participants were forced to generate portions of words they were more likely to remember the words on a later test. The main point of interest for this experiment was whether providing participants with an organizational strategy, (Prescribed Organization-PO), in comparison to allowing them to freely choose how they want to organize information, (Choice Organization-CO), affects the participants’ scores on short-term recognition tests of that information. This study …