Week 2: How good is my memory?

This week I set out to complete a few online tests that would show me how good my short term memory is. I've always been told I forget things easy, so this may be my chance to prove people wrong!

Test 1: I was given 12 words and told to memorize them. I read over all the words a few times, and when I thought I knew them pretty well, I clicked continue. It then asked me to retype all the words back. Unfortunately, I could only remember half of them. Then the game asked me to put my age, gender, and country so that my resulted would match the group I belong in. My group's average range was 5-9, so my 6 was a pretty average score.
I thought this test was pretty valid because it showed me that while I may think I've got all the words down, it would have taken me longer to actually remember all those words. I would have preferred if the test had a time limit, so it wouldn't be up to me to decide when I had taken enough time.

Test 2: I rocked at this one! It gave me pictures and I had to click every time the pictures repeated them self. In the end, I got had 100% recall! The game said the average person is 90%, so I'm above average on this one. I think this shows I'm better at remembering visual pictures then words like the previous game.
I think this test was valid in showing how well you can recognize pictures that you have already seen, but I'm not sure if that really equates to things I see in my life. I'm usually not good at paying attention to detail. I think I only did good at this test because I knew I was supposed to be remembering everything I saw, but if I was unaware that it was a test I probably would have done much worse.

Test 3: I did the memory for faces. It showed me a face, and then when I thought I had it memorized I had to rebuild the face. I got all 10 pieces correct proving I have a great memory for faces!
This test did not feel valid because it was a face with drawn on parts and not a real picture. Had they done the same test with a real person's face I would have felt this to be wore valid. It should be called test your memory for a sketch.:/

I think my results ended up proving people wrong on my memory... or at least that I'm average. I found a really interesting article that relates poor memory in toddlers to how likely they are to succeed in school. If you know toddler with bad memory encourage them to play games that practice their memory skills and limit screen time. It may make them more likely to stay in school later on. Read more below.
https://neurosciencenews.com/toddler-memory-education-3414/