Methods,procedure, design Section of research paper

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Thank you for participating in this study.    The study in which you are about to participate in is designed to investigate human memory of words from different categories. In this study, after providing some basic demographic information, you will be asked to perform two word memory tasks and two simple number tasks.   If you are ready, please answer the demographic questions on the top portion of the first page of your response packet. After you are done answering the questions, please look at the big screen for a PowerPoint presentation.  

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Now I am going to show you a list of 20 words, one at a time. You have about three minutes to study the words. While studying the words, try to memorize as many words as you can.  

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sofa

chair

table

bed

shirt

sweater

pants

dress

switchblade

knife

gun

train

truck

motorcycle

car

orange

banana

pear

bomb

apple

Please turn to page 2 of your response packet. I am going to show you a set of 15 numbers, one at a time. When you see a number on the screen, please write down that number in a box on that page until you finish writing down all 15 numbers.

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578

563

548

575

560

554

569

545

572

557

542

536

551

566

539

Now please turn to page 3 of your response packet. In the boxes, write down as many words as you can remember from the word list you studied. You have about three minutes to write down the words. When you hear the first tone, begin writing the words you have recalled. When you hear the second tone, put down your pencil or pen and stop writing.

Tone 1

Put down your pencil or pen and stop writing.

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Tone 2

Let’s take a two-minute break.  Please relax. Do not go back to page 3 to write more words or change the words you have written on that page.
Now I am going to show you another list of 20 words, one at a time. Again, you have about three minutes to study the words. While studying the words, try to memorize as many words as you can.  

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vase

clock

stove

rug

shoes

mittens

purse

apron

screwdriver

poison

pipe

skates

horse

skateboard

sled

kumquat

coconut

date

glass

raisin

Please turn to page 4 of your response packet. I am going to show you another set of 15 numbers, one at a time. When you see a number on the screen, please write down that number in a box on that page until you finish writing down all 15 numbers.

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792

757

742

769

754

748

763

739

766

751

736

730

745

760

733

Now please turn to page 5 of your response packet. In the boxes, write down as many words as you can remember from the word list you studied. You have about three minutes to write down the words. When you hear the first tone, begin writing the words you have recalled. When you hear the second tone, put down your pencil or pen and stop writing.

Tone 1

Put down your pencil or pen and stop writing.

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Tone 2

Thank you for your participation in this study. Please hand in your response packet and obtain a copy of the information/debriefing statement. From the information statement, you will be able to learn about this study in more detail.