Colour and recall in grade-school children

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Description

Creator:

Mathewson, Carrie

Responsibility:

Carrie Mathewson

Start Date:

1999

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 January 06

Physical Description:

1.07 MB of textual records (PDF)

Notes:

Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1999. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Includes tables. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.

Bibliographic Information

Publication:

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:

Standard No:

OSTMA-PSYC-Mathewson-Carrie-19990106

Physical Location

rec_shelfloc:

2013-064-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Algoma University Theses collection

Container Number:

001

Conservation

Historical Context:

This experiment was designed to test whether colour affects a persons ability to recall textual information. Approximately 186 elementary school students, ages 8-9, were randomly assigned to one of six groups. Students read a short story on a coloured background (white, grey, red, blue, yellow, a multi-colour red, yellow and blue). They were given a number of written questions about the story. Students given solid colours were significantly better at recall then those with no colour. When comparing multi-colours to solid colours those with the multi-colours performed significantly worse in recall. Therefore colour does affect a persons ability to recall textual information.

Language:

All material is in English.

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electronic

textual record

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