EYES AND EARS

Question

Is visual better than auditory?

The purpose of this project is to determine do people have better visual (eyesight) memory or auditory( hearing) memory.

Purpose

I hypothesize that visual will be better then auditory. I believe this because for me, seeing helps me remember things. For studying a test it is better to see the words.

Hypothesis

Procedure

Materials 10 word list with 10 words each a pencil pieces of papers

VARIABLERESPONDING:

NUMBER OF WORDS REMEMBERD

MANIPULATED:VISUAL AND AUDTIORY WORD LIST

CONSTANT: THE WORDS ON EACH TRIAL LIST

DIRECTIONS

1.Create 10 different word lists with 10 different words. 2. Give 1 piece of paper and pencil to all people.3. Show one word list to each person for 1 minute remove list 4. Have each person write down as many words they can remember in one minute. 5. Read aloud another word list.6. Repeat step 4. 7. Repeat steps 1-6 for 4 more trials using a different word list each time. 8. Calculate the average number of words recalled.

PHOTOGRAPH

Trial 1 Visual Trail 2 Visual Trail 3 Visual Trail 4 Visual Trial 5 Visual

smartest singing green computer pencopycat well monster blue dog

make gums alien box jetmad moon mother china store

working men son number headphoneelimate women shark floor ringperfect red world hat nailhurts page galaxy orange house

around purple she pencil herestands rock soap hat game

Trial 1 Auditory Trail 2 Auditory Trial 3 Auditory Trial 4 Auditory Trial 5 Auditory

science teacher ball math kitchenyellow chair court mouse rat

pumpkin ten police homework grandmaeyes journal brother black orangename umbrella marker aunt uncleuser equal zebra rug newspaper

student reading banana shoe playmaterial check sneaker bus floor

story finish get wheel carcolor answer paper door out

Average Words RecalledAVERAGE WORDS RECALLED

TRAIL

1 TRAIL

2 TRIAL

3 TRIAL

4 TRIAL

5 AVERAGE

AUDITORY

7.5 7.25 6.86 6.84 4.09 5.046

VISUAL

7.0 7.41 5.46 4.86 7.01 6.348

CONCLUSION

Our hypothesis was correct. Visual is better than auditory. The average number of auditory words recalled was 5.046 and the average visual words recalled was 6.348. If we repeated this, we could use kids and adults to see who will do better.