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Essay / Psychological Experiment to Improve Memory - 582
The experiment is a psychological study designed to help people improve their memory. However, the experimenter wants to study a new method that would improve learning and memory by forcing people to learn. Researchers should know that positive reinforcement for correct answers is a way to develop animal and human memory. However, they want to know if pushing someone to give incorrect answers will have similar effects. The teacher will give the student a set of paired words to memorize within a certain amount of time. If the learner gives the correct answer, he or she will receive a verbal reward. If he responds incorrectly, a device that starts from 15 volts up to 450 volts will shock him. Every time the learner makes a mistake, the teacher presses a higher level tension. The learner's arm is strapped and an electrode is attached to the wrist. The learner has heart problems but this does not seem to worry the experimenter. A shock generator will shock their wrists and as the experience continues, the learner begins to make mistakes. As the learner gets questions...