Hi Miguel,
I read that list describing the experiences of college students at the
beginning of the Fall Semester. I retyped the list leaving space for
students to write an open-ended reaction. I administered the measure to the
16 students in my Honors Psychology class (two were slightly non-traditional
in age, the others fit into the typical 18-21 age group.) The reactions
were very interesting and produced very unique responses which were quite
difficult to tabulate. That is probably not surprising regarding memory for
events. One of the problems was separating real personal experiences from
more indirect media experiences.
An anecdote that I found amusing involved the following entries:
>>10. They never had a Polio shot, and likely do not know what it is.
Most of the students indicated that they had noticed the scars from the
Polio shots on their older relatives. As a 58-year-old, the scar on my arm
is from my "vaccination", not the polio vaccine.
>>23. They have always had cable.
The availability of cable varies throughout our metropolitan area. Cable is
only available to about one-tenth of the students in our community college
district. Cable is only available in the incorporated areas where there is
sufficient population. This has had a pronounced effect on our methods of
presenting telecourses.
If any body else has surveyed students regarding memories of cultural
events, I would enjoy sharing methods of data collection and analysis.
Michael Bergmire
Psychology Department
Jefferson College
1000 Viking Drive
Hillsboro, MO 63050
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