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The following activity is awesome to illustrate the limitations of short term memory. Some facts about short term memory:
- It can store 7 items (+ or – 2)
- It last for 20 seconds
This test is simple memory exercise. Letter are show with each trial and the students are asked to remember each set of letter correctly. There are 6 trial. Students can complete the activity in their note or you can type up a worksheet.
Simply click on the link below to complete the activity. (Be careful. The last slide shows the answers immediately.)
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/stm0.html
The answers
Trial #1 UM
Trial #2 TZLD
Trial #3 KXCEJO
Trial #4 AVCYISEH
Trial #5 LBFQRPMAUX
Trial #6 ZQECTBUMONRV
Ask the students who do the best, how they remembered the letters so well. Very often they use chunking which is also a concept covered in memory and thought.