Psychology GCSE
Free recall of word lists
What Free recall of word lists means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Free recall of word lists
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A design in which participants heard lists of words at different lengths and recalled them in any order, so order of output was not fixed.
Topics that use Free recall of word lists
- Memory (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Capacity
- Classifying examples by content
- Coding
- Context-dependent memory
- Distinguishing stores by feature
- Duration
- Effect of delay
- Effort after meaning
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