General Studies · Levels of Processing Model
What did Craik and Tulving's 1975 experiment prove regarding the retention of words?
- 1Memories are stored in the brain as patterns of synaptic connections between neurons.
- 2Words processed at a deeper, semantic level are remembered much better than those processed at a shallow, structural level.✓
- 3Information in memory fades over time due to a lack of use or retrieval.
- 4Shorter words are easier to remember than longer words due to limits on the phonological loop.
Correct answer
Words processed at a deeper, semantic level are remembered much better than those processed at a shallow, structural level.
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