An experiment investigating the effect of concrete words and abstract words by using the dual code theory

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate which words, abstract or concrete, would be easier to recall. My hypothesis for the study was the mean recall of concrete words would be higher than abstract words among high school students. In order to conduct the experiment opportunity sampling and the repeated design was chosen. They were presented with 10 abstract words and then told to do the filler task. Furthermore, they had to write as many words they could recall from the words which were presented to them earlier on a sheet of paper. This same experiment would be conducted again with concrete words. The results indicated that concrete words were more recalled compared to abstract words. As the mean for concrete words were higher compared to abstract words. In conclusion, the results supported my hypothesis.