ABSTRACT

Tone of voice has many types like monotonous voice

and upbeat voice. This voices may affect the memory recall

of a person based on tone. Every person has its own way of

how they recall memory. This study was designed to

investigate the relationship of tone of voice; monotonous tone

of voice and upbeat tone voice to a person’s recall memory.

To obtain the results participants were placed in a room, there

are 40 participants involve. The researcher used purposive

sampling technique. The experimental design that was used

was within subject. The researchers chose this method and

design for a reason that it is the most appropriate for the

study.

The participants are Grade 5 students from Integrated

School with a total of 40 participants. The respondents

listened to the recorded voice of monotonous and upbeat tone

of voice. Then the researcher instruct the students to list down

the

images they recall on the recorded voice. Based on the result

there is significant difference between monotonous tone of

voice and upbeat tone of voice to their recall memory.

INTRODUCTION

When we speak, our listener’s get an impression of

how we feel from our tone of voice. We can sound pleasant

and friendly, angry and upset, or irritated and frustrated. It is

not enough to say the right words but the most important on

how can we deliver it without offending others; we must

cautious on the tone that we will used, so that we convey our

message. Our tone of voice is the way in which we write and

speak, what we say and how we say it. Like a person, what

we say is dictated by our principles, experiences and

aspirations, how we say it is informed by our personality. But

can be tone of voice evaluate test subject ability to remember

everyday object? In increasing tones express a dose of safety

while decreasing inflections show insecurity, pauses between

words and phrases both transmit clues about the speaker’s

intention or attitudes and voice volume show speaker’s

authority, its power of persuasion and the ability to be

listened to.

Most people talk about memory as if it were a thing

they have like bad eyes or a good head of hair .But your

memory doesn’t exist in the way a part of your body. Exist

it’s not a “thing” you can touch .The study of Human

Memory has been a subject of Science and Philosophy for

thousands of years and has become one of the major topics of

interest within cognitive psychology (Kendra, 2014)

METHODOLOGY

To obtain the results participants were placed in a

room. There are 39 participants from Grade 5 students of

Integrated School of Batangas State University. The

researchers used purposive sampling technique. The said

group listened to a recorded monotonous and upbeat tone of

voice of object’s images. The aim was to evaluate whether

tone of voice can influence test subject ability to remember a

list of everyday object. Data that will be gathered from this

experiment were then analyzed and interpret.

Research Design

The researchers used within the subject design for this

experiment. Researchers chose this method and design for a

reason because this is the most appropriate for this study

Participants and Sampling Technique

The participants are the Grade 5 students of Integrated

School from Batangas State University with the total of 40

participants who listened to a recorded voice.

Apparatus and Materials

The material that the researcher used were speaker,

laptop for the recorded audio, projector and a sheet of paper.

Procedure

The experiment has one (1) that consist 40 participants

from Grade 5 students of Integrated School who will place in

a classroom. The researcher will show 60 different images of

objects that is divided into two: 30 images of the object are

recorded in monotonous voice and 30 for upbeat voice. The

researchers will show or project images of the objects while

the participants are listening to the recorded voice saying

what the object is. After the participants saw and hear the

images of the object, the researcher will ask the participants

to list all the images that they remember for 15-20 minutes.

Then base on the result the researcher will analyze.

Conceptual Paradigm

Batangas State University

Monotonous Tone

Of Voice

TreatmentUpbeat Tone

of Voice

Subject Listening to Recorded Voice

Results and Discussion Profile of the subject in terms of their:

Sex

Table 1.1Distribution of subject in terms of Sex

The table and graph shows that out of 40 respondents there is 21 males and 19 females composed of 50 from Grade 5 students of Integrated School from Batangas State University.

Total number of respondents based on Gender

Grade 518

18.519

19.520

20.521

21.5

Female Male

Grade 5

Sex Male 21

Female 19 Total 40

Age

Table 1.2Distribution of subjects in terms of Age

The table and graph shows that out of 40 respondents there are18 students that their age range is 9-10 years old and 22 students that their age range is 11-12 years old composed 40 students from Grade 5 students of Integrated School from Batangas State University.

Total number of respondents based on Age

Grade 5

Age 9-10 18

11-12 22

Total 40

Grade 50

5

10

15

20

25

9 to 10 11 to 12

Subjects recall of memory based on tone of voice

Table 2.1Subjects recall of memory based on tone of voice

Grade 5

Voice Monotone 11

Upbeat 29

Total 40

The graph and tables shows that out of 40 respondents there

are 11 students from Grade 5 could recall images of objects

through monotonous tone of voice. While there are 29 students

from Grade 5 could recall images of objects through upbeat tone of

voice.

Total number of respondent’s recall of memory based on tone of

voice

Grade 505

101520253035

Monotone Upbeat

Comparison between monotonous tone of voice and upbeat

tone of voice of Grade 5 students relative to their recall memory

based on tone of voice.

Table 3.1

Difference between the monotonous tone of voice and upbeat tone

of voice of Grade 5 students relative to their recall memory based

on tone of voice

Source of

Variation

computed

value

p-value Decision

on Ho

Verbal

Interpretation

Tone of 12.03 0.97 Reject the Significant

voice Ho

The table above presents the difference on recall

memory of the respondents based on the tone of voice.

Since the p-value of 0.97 is higher than 0.05 level of

significance, then the computed chi-square value of 12.03 is

found to be significant, this could also mean that the Grade 5

student’s recall memory based on tone of voice was

significantly differ. This could also indicate that the tone of

voice affect the recall memory of the experimental group.

Statistical Treatment

Chi-square

Discussion

The experiment conducted by the researchers designed

to test whether the tone of voice affects the recall memory of

a person. The researchers wanted to know if the listeners will

be recall memory to upbeat and monotonous tone of voice.

Based on the result, tone of voice has a significant effect on

the recall memory of a person. This means that the

respondents can easily recall to the upbeat tone of voice.

Sandra Lomas (2013) examined the effects of expression

(expressive tone and monotone) and story content (emotional

and non-emotional) on recall memory were compared.

Results from the present study indicate that pairing an

expressive voice with an emotional story have significant

difference in monotone voice with non-emotional story.

Previous studies have used multiple speakers,

emotional and neutral content, and one of four conditioned

and a variety of memory tasks to see if there was an effect on

memory.

CONCLUSION

Based on the results, the researchers found out that the

tone of voice could affect the recall memory of a person. The

researchers concluded that they can recall memory more on

upbeat tone of voice,

RECOMMENDATION

Based on the result of the present experimental study,

future researcher can be considered to improve and make

progress to the matters related:

1. Future researchers may add or use different types of

tone of voice.

2. Future researchers may use greater number of

respondents and may include different treatments.

3. For replication of study, the proper and clear

explanation of the study.

Prof. Vilma B. AgudaDirector, Integrated SchoolThis University

Madam:

Greeting of Peace!

In partial fulfillment of requirements in the course Experimental Psychology, we the undersigned 3rd year BS Psychology students of Batangas State University are required to conduct a study entitled “The Effect of Tone of Voice in Recall Memory” this study sought to investigate if the tone of voice affect in recall memory. In this regard, may we request your good office to allow the Grade 5 students to be part of our experiment. We will conduct our experiment on _______________ as their convenient time.

We are hoping your support and cooperation.

Thank you and God Bless!

Sincerely,

Makalintal, Phoevee Jill C.

Nono, Precious Vanessa V.Researchers

Noted:Dr. Leandro A. DalhagInstructor

Approved by:

Prof. Vilma B. AgudaDirector, Integrated School

During the Experiment

Listening of Grade 5 students in the recorded voice

Listing down the images of object they recall