Schmidt (1994) conducted a series of experiments examining the effects of humor onmemory. In one study, participants were shown a list of sentences, of which half werehumorous and half were non humorous. A humorous example is, "If at first you don'tsucceed, you are probably not related to the boss." Other participants would see anonhumorous version of thissentence, such as "People who are related to the boss often succeed the very firsttime."Schmidt then measured the number of each type of sentence recalled by eachparticipant. The following scores are similar to the results obtained in the study.Number of Sentence RecalledHumorous NonhumorousSentencesSentences4 5 2 4 5 2 4 26 7 6 6 2 3 l 62 5 4 3 3 2 3 31 3 :5 5 4 1 5 3Calculate the mean number of sentences recalled for each of the two conditions. Dothe data suggest that humor help memory'?
Schmidt (1994) conducted a series of experiments examining the effects of humor on
memory. In one study, participants were shown a list of sentences, of which half were
humorous and half were non humorous. A humorous example is, "If at first you don't
succeed, you are probably not related to the boss." Other participants would see a
nonhumorous version of this
sentence, such as "People who are related to the boss often succeed the very first
time."
Schmidt then measured the number of each type of sentence recalled by each
participant. The following scores are similar to the results obtained in the study.
Number of Sentence Recalled
Humorous Nonhumorous
Sentences
Sentences
4 5 2 4 5 2 4 2
6 7 6 6 2 3 l 6
2 5 4 3 3 2 3 3
1 3 :5 5 4 1 5 3
Calculate the mean number of sentences recalled for each of the two conditions. Do
the data suggest that humor help memory'?
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