Levels Of Processing Model

Question 1

Who created the the levels of processing model?

Answer 1

Craik and Lockhart

Question 2

What is the levels of processing model?

Answer 2

• explains how memory works and opposers the view that there are set memory stores
• explains what we do with the info rather than how it is stored
• how deeply we consider or process info dictates how long it lasts
• info received will be transferred to the LT a memory and remembered more if:
  > considered
  > understood
  > has meaning
• how much the info is considered is called depth of processing
• the deeper it is processed, the longer the memory trace lasts

Question 3

What are the levels related to verbal info?

Answer 3

• structural level
• phonetic level
• semantic level
  Instructions need to show elicit meaning

Question 4

What are the advantages of the levels of processing?

Answer 4

• explains well that if we understand some info we are more likely to remember it
• explains well that the longer we consider and analyse info, the more we remember it

Question 5

What are the disadvantages of the levels of processing approach?

Answer 5

• time taken processing info doesn’t always lead to better to recall
• hard to define what deep processing involves
• doesn’t take into account individual differences