Psychology: Cognitive Psychology: Forgetting and Memory DistortionsHand In Hand's Short-Term Memory Experiment packet includes an in-class psychology experiment you can use with 3-, 6-, or 9-student volunteers. Alternatively, you can break your psychology class into three groups and have them complete the memory experiment before comparing results.In this experiment, students listen to a set of 10 words before attempting to see how well they can remember the list from their short-term memory. Th