Question

Dr. fernald is conducting a memory experiment. one group of participants has to decide whether each of a list of words begins with the same letter as a target word; a second group has to determine whether each of a list of words rhymes with a target word; finally, a third group has to determine whether each of a list of words is a synonym or an antonym of a target word. later, all participants are asked to recall the list words. according to levels-of-processing theory, which group's performance should be the highest? the lowest?

Answer 1

According to levels-of-processing theory, the synonym/antonym group’s performance should be the highest while the same letter group’s performance should be the lowest.

The levels of processing theory by Craik and Lockhart fixates on the processing depth that’s involved in the memory, and then that after anticipating the processing of deeper information, the protracted a memory trace will last.