Involves deeper, more semantic analysis of the information Being able to distinguish the items “ According to the levels of processing theory, only elaborative rehearsal improves long term memory” - Eysenck
Focuses on processes which make up memory
Non-structured
No real distinction between LTM and STM
Memory is a byproduct of processing
Only elaborative rehearsal can improve LTM
Focuses on LTM and STM
Is structured (LTM and STM)
Rehearsal always improves LTM
Showed that encoding was much more complex
The work helped show that “deeper” processing does in fact improve memorization.
Shows why some things are better remembered
Work is backed up by further case studies, there is evidence
It is more descriptive than explanatory.
“ Deep” and “Shallow” are very vague
Neuropsychological studies show that there are structures/defined storage systems in memory
Provides a better account of explicit memory than it does for implicit memory
Over simplified.
Suggested that shallow processing led to fast forgetting
Doesn’t apply to patients with memory diseases such as amnesia
Hyde & Jenkins (1973): Deeper processing led to better recall of info
Glenberg et. al. (1977): Found that maintenance is actually beneficial but doesn’t improve LTM as much as elaboration
Morris et. al. (1977) found that deep processing does not always help long term memory and thus proposed a transfer-appropriate processing theory.
Nyberg (2002): Brain Imaging studies that support the notion that in memory testing the brain areas used to perceive are reactivated
Craik and Tulving (1975): People recall words memorized semantically better than phonemically or structurally.
Craik and Lockhart's levels of processing memory theory neglect the unconscious mind
Therefore, it doesn't explain behavior from a psychodynamic perspective
For example, levels of processing memory doesn't explain how we remember our dreams, which belongs to the unconscious mind
Shows that the stimulus-response theory is wrong, as there are memory processes
Stimuli that are processed is the basic start of memory
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