ABSTRACT
One memory study for content retention at intervals of sixty and ninety days after an immediate reproduction actually showed a slight reminiscence effect as measured by a recognition test. With the present contrasted subject groups, analyses were designed to determine if and to what degree retention stabilization takes place as well as whether the two culturally distinct groups differed quantitatively in retention. The subjects consisted of three classes in education at the Winneba Training College in Winneba, Ghana, and three classes in child development at New York University (NYU). The NYU students, drawn largely from the New York metropolitan area, were 19 to 21 years old. The Ghanaian students were primarily from the coastal and central regions of Ghana and members of the Akan-speaking Ga and Ewe tribes. Each subject heard only one story. In general, the Ghanaian students recalled the stories better than the NYU students.
