The superiority of recognition over recall was demonstrated when participants, aged 17 to 74, were asked to recall and recognize the names of their high school classmates. Briefly describe the results of this study

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Subjects first wrote down the names of as many classmates as they could remember.
• Recall was poor, even when prompted with yearbook pictures.
• When asked to look at sets of five photographs and pick out the one showing a former classmate, performance was highly accurate for both younger and older subjects.
• When asked to look at sets of names and pick out the one belonging to a former classmate, performance was also very good.