Levels of processing


	Levels of processing
	Advantages Studies use incidental learning, not intentional, adding ecological validity as that is how we learn in real life Theory open to empirical testing - generally the results of studies support predictions Explains why some things are remembered better than others Shows that perception, attention and memory are interdependent as memory traces are formed due to attention and perception - major contribution to the understanding of memory	Disadvantages Study not fully ecologically valid - still an artificial lab task Doesn't define 'deep processing'. No sufficient way to measure depth of processing
	Evaluation

Studies use incidental learning, not intentional, adding ecological validity as that is how we learn in real life
Theory open to empirical testing - generally the results of studies support predictions
Explains why some things are remembered better than others
Shows that perception, attention and memory are interdependent as memory traces are formed due to attention and perception - major contribution to the understanding of memory

Study not fully ecologically valid - still an artificial lab task
Doesn't define 'deep processing'. No sufficient way to measure depth of processing

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