BAHRICK

BAHRICK

1. BAHRICK INVESTIGATED WHAT THEY CALLED VERY LONG TERM MEMORY

2. NEARLY 400 PARTICIPANTS AGED 17-74 WERE TESTED

3. THERE WERE VARIOUS TESTS

   • A FREE RECALL TEST, WHERE PARTICIPANTS TRIED TO REMEMBER NAMES OF PEOPLE IN A GRADUATE CLASS
   • A PHOTO RECOGNITION TEST, CONSISTING OF 50 PICTURES
   • A NAME RECOGNITION TEST FOR EX-SCHOOL FRIENDS

4. RESULTS OF THE UDY SHOWED THAT PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TESTED WITHIN 15 YEARS OF GRADUATION WERE ABOUT 90% ACCURATE IN IDENTIFYING NAMES AND FACES

5. AFTER 48 YEARS THEY WERE ACCURATE 80% FOR VERBAL AND 70% VISUAL

6. FREE RECALL WAS WORSE

7. AFTER 15 YEARS IT WAS 60% AND AFTER 48 YEARS IT WAS 30% ACCURATE