Peg Word Demonstration

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Peg Word Demonstration

• Langston,
• Cognitive Psychology

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Instructions

• I am going to divide the class into thirds. Each
  third will be given a peg word system.
• Copy down your peg word system and commit it to
  memory.

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Instructions

• Group one get ready. Groups two and three look
  away

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Group One Peg Words

• One is a door
• Two is heaven
• Three is a gate
• Four is sticks
• Five is a hen
• Six is a bun
• Seven is a tree
• Eight is a hive
• Nine is a shoe
• Ten is a line

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Instructions

• Group two get ready. Groups one and three look
  away

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Group Two Peg Words

• One is a bun
• Two is a shoe
• Three is a tree
• Four is a door
• Five is a hive
• Six is sticks
• Seven is heaven
• Eight is a gate
• Nine is a line
• Ten is a hen

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Instructions

• Group three get ready. Groups one and two look
  away

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Group Three Peg Words

• One is truth
• Two is data
• Three is a message
• Four is love
• Five is knowledge
• Six is fun
• Seven is time
• Eight is have
• Nine is beauty
• Ten is focus

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Instructions

• Everyone memorize your peg word system.

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Instructions

• Now were going to get your shopping list. Use
  your peg word system to learn the list.
• For each item on the list, use the corresponding
  item in the peg word system (one with the first,
  etc.). Imagine the peg word item interacting
  with the item on the list, the more bizarre the
  better.

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DEODORANT
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TOOTHPASTE
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TOILET PAPER
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HAIR GEL
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DISH DETERGENT
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RAZORS
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SOAP
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TRASH BAGS
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PEPSI
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ENVELOPES
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RECALL THE LIST
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Data Analysis

• There were 10 items on my shopping list. Lets
  get a sample of the recalls
• Group 1
• Group 2
• Group 3

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Data Analysis

• I predict that group 2 will be best, followed by
  group 1, followed by group 3. Why? Lets look
  at the peg word systems

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Group One Peg Words

• One is a door
• Two is heaven
• Three is a gate
• Four is sticks
• Five is a hen
• Six is a bun
• Seven is a tree
• Eight is a hive
• Nine is a shoe
• Ten is a line

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Group Two Peg Words

• One is a bun
• Two is a shoe
• Three is a tree
• Four is a door
• Five is a hive
• Six is sticks
• Seven is heaven
• Eight is a gate
• Nine is a line
• Ten is a hen

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Group Three Peg Words

• One is truth
• Two is data
• Three is a message
• Four is love
• Five is knowledge
• Six is fun
• Seven is time
• Eight is have
• Nine is beauty
• Ten is focus

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Data Analysis

• Why the prediction?
• Group 1 Concrete
• Group 2 Concrete and rhyming
• Group 3 Abstract

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End Peg Word Demonstration