... to find out whether the capacity of the STM can be improved by using chunking. My research is an adaptation of a study by Miller and Selfridge, in their study they gave participants sentences of varying lengths, where I've used grouped and ungrouped letters instead of sentences. * Aim My aim is to find out whether chunking can help improve recall in the STM. * Hypothesis(es) Experimental Hypothesis - In a memory test, participants will recall more letters that have been presented in meaningful chunks, compared to letters not presented in chunks. Null Hypothesis - There will be no significant difference in the number of letters recalled by participants who have learnt letters in chunks and those who have not. Method * Method I have used the experiment method because using this method is a good way to collect data for my ...

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