Transcript Do you have good Memory jkp

Do you have good
Memory?
By: Janyssa Phillips
Introduction
• I always wondered who has
better memory. So, I wanted to
do it for my project, and see
what comes up.
Background Information
• According to Wikipedia.com, memory is a
persons ability to store, retain, and recall
information or memories from someone’s
past. What I did my experiment over was if
a person can read off a long list of words
or do something, and another person can
listen and then be able to remember a
large amount of the words that were given.
I have always wanted to know if Gender
would affect it to. So, that is the question I
decided to do.
Hypothesis
• I think that it does not matter if
you are a boy or a girl. That it
just depends on how much you
exercise your brain.
Materials
• My computer, Girls and Boys,
Paper, pencil or pen, and Clip
board
Procedure
• Get all the girls and boys
together
• Read them the words a couple
of times
• Then have them listen to two
songs that most of them know
• Then after the song have them
list as many words as they can
Results No. 1
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Name
Jacob: 7
Bobby: 6
Jadye: 9
Brityn: 8
Breckyn: 10
Chase: 7
Cara: 7
Lindsey: 8
Gus: 7
Kendrah: 3
Dallas: 5
Dylan: 7
Shandi: 4
Haylie: 7
Zane: 11
Kandra: 9
Alex: 3
Results No. 2
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Name:
Dylan: 14
Chase: 13
Gus: 7
Jacob: 8
Dallas: 6
Jadye: 10
Lindsey: 11
Shandi: 8
Brityn: 11
Kendrah: 15
Haylie: 15
Cara: 12
Kandra: 12
Breckyn: 12
Taryn: 8
Zane: 10
Alex: 4
Conclusion
• What I think happened was that it just depended on
the person and if they were paying attention. I also
noticed that some of the people did not understand
some of the words I said. Because when I was
looking at my results some of the people I tested
put words that were not on the list, but were
similar to some of the words. Some of the words
were nothing like the words that were on the list.
So, I believe my hypothesis was half correct. It
does matter if you use your brain but it also
matters if people are listening when you say the
words. Or if the person saying the words is
speaking in a loud and clear voice.
Possible Causes of Error
• If the person was mumbling that
was telling the students the
words. Or if the people that
were being tested did not care
or pay attention.
Possible Applications
• It can be applied to life when a
boy or girl wants to know if they
have better memory. As you can
see by my tests it does not
matter with jr. high kids.
Further Research
• On this website I found it says
that woman tend to have better
memory.
• They tested it themselves and
found that the woman
remembered stuff like the
anniversary's.
Bibliography
• "Does Gender Affect Memory."
Http://z_adams0.tripod.com/doesgend
eraffectmemory/. Web. 26 Jan. 2011.
• "Memory." Wikipedia, the Free
Encyclopedia. Web. 26 Jan. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
>.
Acknowledgements
• I would like to thank Mrs. Riffel
for letting me do this project.
And I would like to thank my
science class for taking my
project seriously. I would also
like to thank Mrs. Proffitt, for
letting me test again when Mrs.
Riffel was not here.