Craik and Tulving 1975

Craik and Tulving

Aim:

To see whether words that were processed semantically would be better remembered than words that were processed structurally or phonetically

Procedure:

20 university students were given a list of 60 one and two syllable words

Participants were asked questions which had a yes or no response

Structural: is the word in capital letters etc

Phonetic: does the word rhyme with etc

Semantic: does it fit in this sentence etc

They were then given 180 words and…