The Levels Of Processing Model

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The Levels Of Processing Model

The Levels OF Processing (LOP) Model is an alternative to the Multi

Store (MS) Model. It does appreciate the idea that both STM and LTM do

exist however it does focus on the inter- related processes needed for

memory. It looks at the way information is coded and how likely it is

to be remembered depending on the type of coding.

* The LOP model was based on a study by Craik & Tulving (1875) who

tested participants on remembering 4 different types of

information. These were called "Levels of Processing. They claimed

that the level information is processed at, accounts for how

likely it is to be remembered. The 4 levels are as followed:

* · Shallowest e.g. Distinguishing between TABLE and table - which

is written in Capital letters? This requires very little

declarative memory. This type of information is only consciously

recalled at a very young age and once the procedure is learnt, we

do not have to think about the question being asked. Therefore

this is known as the shallowest level of processing.

* · Phonemic e.g. which word sounds like wait? - Hate or Chicken.

Here we are using our echoic sense to understand what the question

is asking, once again a very logical question.

* · Semantic e.g. which out of the following is a food - Cheese or

steel? This requires slight more intelligence as your mind has to

understand which one of the words is a food. Once your mind has

established the difference between the two items, it understands

that cheese is the food.

* · Deeper Semantic e.g. "He kicked the _ _ _ _ into the tree" -

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...* However the theory is not explanative of why deep inter related

processing is effective and suggests that semantic processing is

the only thing that affects LTM. This is very unlikely. Eyzenck

criticised the theory for having a narrow view of encoding and

proposed 4 general factors as an alternative, which affect

learning. These were the nature of the task, the type of material

to be remembered, and the knowledge of the subject and the nature

of the test.

* It is also very difficult to measure the accuracy of this

experiment because "depth" and elaboration" are such vague terms.

It was said that deeply processed information would be remembered

better but the depth of processing was how well it was remembered.

This once again depends on the inter- related processes used.

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