Levels of processing therory

Levels of processing therory

1. Evidence for the theory

   • Experimental evidence
   • Processed for meaning is better remembered
   • Craik and Tulving 1975 (words and whether they rhymed)

2. Hyde and Jenkins

   • Learn 24 words 5 different conditions
   • Increase in recall when asked to judge pleasantness
   • Processing meaning increases recall, supports theory as semantic are better remembered

3. Brain scans

   • Semantically processed showed more brain actrivity
   • Extra brain activity = deeper processing

4. Real life application

   • Students should use semantically processed info
   • Reading around the subject and make notes, students do better

5. Reductionist?

   • Dosen't look at effects of emotions
   • Baddeley- only describes rather than explains memory
   • Dosen't say how info is stored

6. Scientific?

   • It is possible to test
   • Experiments like Craik and Tulving (1975) have been well controlled
     • Every participant experienced the same procedure