Analysis Paper

Runninghead: ZOO ANIMALS VERSUS BIRDS

Title: Through research the names of zoo animals are much easier to remember than then names of Birds, within a classroom setting in a one-minute timeframe.

Zoo Animals Versus Birds

Zoo Animals Versus Birds

Research was determined based off the number of words the class could remember for Zoo Animals or Birds. Which Zoo Animals were easier to remember? Were there any Bird’s that were easy to remember? In researching, the class thought that Zoo Animals were easier to remember than the Birds. Is remembering the Zoo Animals instead of the Birds easier to remember because kids learn about animals during their childhood and it is something that just grows with them or is it because they learned it from visiting the zoo? Research showed majority of the class agreed that Zoo Animals are much easier to remember than the Birds. Generally, people more easily remember events that they are familiar with or are relevant to our prior knowledge. Many studies have suggested that information that involves prior knowledge is more easily remembered than completely new information (Ning & Yang, 2018). Results show that a significant interaction between category familiarity and word familiarity, is considered unfamiliar words, but unfamiliar words, from familiar categories are remembered better than those from unfamiliar categories such as Birds (Ning & Yang, 2018). The students in the class that were familiar with Zoo Animals instead of Birds had been exposed to or had grown up either hearing and seeing things about these specific animals at the zoo or because someone in their family was an animal lover. There was one student in the class that was a male and he was much more familiar with Birds instead of Zoo Animals because he stated that he had grown up with his family loving Birds and he took a serious interest in Birds as well. The results showed that memory performance was higher for familiar activities than unfamiliar activities with academic backgrounds, and this effect was attributable to understand rather than a familiarity process (Ning & Yang, 2018).

Methods

Participants

18-20 male and female students with familiar and unfamiliar backgrounds.

Materials

Two subjects Zoo Animals and Birds.

Procedure

Determine whether or not Zoo Animals or Birds are more familiar.