Jennifer and Jeff are studying for their geography exam. Jeff is learning the states' capitals by repeating them over and over.
Jennifer is incorporating information she already knows about each state into the name of the capital. While Jeff is repeating "Sacramento is the capital of California, Sacramento is the capital of California," Jennifer is saying "SacraTOMATO is the capital of California" because she knows Sacramento is in the middle of a rich agricultural valley. If the levels-of-processing theory is correct, a. Jeff and Jennifer will do equally well on the exam.
b. Jennifer will recall the capitals and their states better than Jeff.
c. Jeff will recall the capitals and their states better than Jennifer.
d. who does better has more to do with personality differences than study techniques.
b. Jennifer will recall the capitals and their states better than Jeff.
Explanation:
Jennifer and Jeff are studying for their geography exam. Jeff is learning the states' capitals by repeating them over and over. Jennifer is incorporating information she already knows about each state into the name of the capital. While Jeff is repeating "Sacramento is the capital of California, Sacramento is the capital of California," Jennifer is saying "SacraTOMATO is the capital of California" because she knows Sacramento is in the middle of a rich agricultural valley. If the levels-of-processing theory is correct,
Jennifer will recall the capitals and their states better than Jeff.
Jennifer is making use of word and image association in her study based on information she had already acquired, this will enable her to remember what she learnt better than Jeff who is making used of repetition which can only be store in the short term memory and likewise, a confusion in the words can unsettled what he had memorizes
