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This site was designed to be used by high school biology teachers who want to address the nature of science.
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The Genetics of Learning and Memory |
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RATE YOUR MEMORY
Is your memory like a:
Try this short memory quiz to see how accurate your memory really is
Read through these 3 lists of words.
Try and remember as many words as you can in one minute, without writing them down.
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LIST 1
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LIST 2
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LIST 3
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Bed
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Thread
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Apple
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Rest
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Pin
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Vegetable
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Awake
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Eye
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Orange
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Tired
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Sharp
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Kiwi
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Snooze
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Sewing
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Citrus
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Dream
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Thimble
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Ripe
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Wake
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Point
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Pear
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Blanket
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Prick
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Banana
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Doze
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Haystack
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Berry
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Slumber
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Thorn
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Cherry
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Snore
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Hurt
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Basket
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Nap
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Syringe
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Juice
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Peace
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Injection
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Salad
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Yawn
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Cloth
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Bowl
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Drowsy
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Knitting
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Cocktail
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When you are done, scroll down to the next section
Test Your Memory
Which of these words were on the lists that you just saw?
Circle the words you remember from the lists, then scroll down to check your answers.
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citrus
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yellow
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dream
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fruit
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book
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hurt
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snow
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plain
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sleep
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needle
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doctor
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cozy
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Check Your Answers
Here is how the words relate to the original word lists.
How many did you remember correctly? How many did you remember incorrectly?
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plain
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Not on list: unrelated
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cozy
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Not on list: related to "sleep" list
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citrus
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On "fruit" list
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book
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Not on list: unrelated
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sleep
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Not on list: false target
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yellow
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Not on list: related to "fruit" list
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hurt
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On "needle" list
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needle
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Not on list: false target
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dream
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On "sleep" list
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snow
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Not on list: unrelated
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doctor
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Not on list: related to "needle" list
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fruit
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Not on list: false target
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If you got 10-12 correct, your memory is like a steel trap! Way to go!
If you got 6-9 correct, your memory is like a sponge! Not bad.
If you got less than 6 correct, your memory is like a sieve! What was that?!
What happened? Is your memory as accurate as you thought it was?
How did the relationships between these words influence your memory?
Did you think SLEEP, NEEDLE or FRUIT were on the lists? They weren’t! These were false target words - words that were not on the lists, but were related to each of the words that were on the lists. These were the words we wanted you to associate with in your mind. Did it work?
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All of our knowledge is based upon existing ideas. Because of this, what we already know influences what we learn. This impacts scientists too. What they already know about a situation influences every thing they do: how they ask questions, set up investigation, analyze data and come up with explanations.
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What if this happened to a witness in court? For more about false memories, go to "False Memories" in the Explore!Gallery.
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