WholeReportMethod-MissouriStateUniversity.ppt

Sperling (1960)Estimating the Iconic Memory Capacity: Whole report and partial report methods Dr. Timothy Bender Psychology Department Missouri State University 901 S. National Avenue Springfield, MO 65897 Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Whole Report Method Prepare for Stimulus 1 Prepare for Stimulus 2 Prepare for Stimulus 3 Prepare for Stimulus 4 Prepare for Stimulus 5 Prepare for Stimulus 6 Prepare for Stimulus 7 Prepare for Stimulus 8 Prepare for Stimulus 9 Prepare for Stimulus 10 Whole Report Method Scoring Procedure For each array, give yourself one point for each letter in the correct position. Add up your points for all 10 arrays. Divide that number by 10 to get your mean number of letters. Whole Report Method 1 TPBW 2 BFJD 3 KGLC 4 SJKB QNRL KSWZ RBDX VLNY GXKJ DHMZ FJNT BFHD 5 CKMF 6 LHNG 7 TLOH 8 DMPL JTXW QCGV WKRT FVZP FPSY FJPL DGJK HLRX 9 MPQK 10 VNRJ SDHR TMQS CGSM FJLH Whole Report Method Partial Report Method Partial Report Method Partial Report Method Partial Report Method Partial Report Method Partial Report Method Whole Report Method Get Ready for Stimulus 1 Get Ready for Stimulus 2 Get Ready for Stimulus 3 Get Ready for Stimulus 4 Get Ready for Stimulus 5 Get Ready for Stimulus 6 Get Ready for Stimulus 7 Get Ready for Stimulus 8 Get Ready for Stimulus 9 Get Ready for Stimulus 10 Get Ready for Stimulus 11 Get Ready for Stimulus 12 Get Ready for Stimulus 13 Get Ready for Stimulus 14 Get Ready for Stimulus 15 Partial Report Method Scoring Procedure We will treat the first 5 as practice trials, so we will only score the last 10. For your last 10 trials, give yourself one point for each letter in the correct position. Add up your points for those 10 arrays. Multiply that number by 3 because there were three possible rows. Divide that number by 10 to get your