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Är en effektivare minnesbearbetning möjlig? - en studie av Levels of processing

Persson, Helena LU (2019) PSYK11 20192
Department of Psychology
Abstract
In Craik ́s and Lockhart ́s Level of Processing framework, memory traces are considered to be a primary result of depth and quality of processing. They therefore distinguish a difference in shallow processing, such as a stimulus ́s overall appearance, and deeper processing, such as semantic features, where the latter is supposed to result in a more memorable trace. The aim of this study is to find out if this argumentation can be verified but also if memory performance can be further improved by additional stimuli, such as a background image. A selected group of 32 students at Lund ́s University were asked to process 60 words, with or without a picture background, to different levels (structural, phonemic or semantic) by answering... (More)
In Craik ́s and Lockhart ́s Level of Processing framework, memory traces are considered to be a primary result of depth and quality of processing. They therefore distinguish a difference in shallow processing, such as a stimulus ́s overall appearance, and deeper processing, such as semantic features, where the latter is supposed to result in a more memorable trace. The aim of this study is to find out if this argumentation can be verified but also if memory performance can be further improved by additional stimuli, such as a background image. A selected group of 32 students at Lund ́s University were asked to process 60 words, with or without a picture background, to different levels (structural, phonemic or semantic) by answering questions designed to induce various depth. Memory was then measured through a recognition test, where the results of this indicated a Level of Processing effect. To a certain degree the results also confirmed that background images improved memory performance. (Less)
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author
Persson, Helena LU
supervisor
organization
course
PSYK11 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Memory, Levels of Processing, Depth of processing, Semantic processing, Shallow processing, Memory improvement, Background images
language
Swedish
id
9001378
date added to LUP
2020-01-21 09:16:52
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2020-01-21 09:16:52
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  abstract     = {{In Craik ́s and Lockhart ́s Level of Processing framework, memory traces are considered to be a primary result of depth and quality of processing. They therefore distinguish a difference in shallow processing, such as a stimulus ́s overall appearance, and deeper processing, such as semantic features, where the latter is supposed to result in a more memorable trace. The aim of this study is to find out if this argumentation can be verified but also if memory performance can be further improved by additional stimuli, such as a background image. A selected group of 32 students at Lund ́s University were asked to process 60 words, with or without a picture background, to different levels (structural, phonemic or semantic) by answering questions designed to induce various depth. Memory was then measured through a recognition test, where the results of this indicated a Level of Processing effect. To a certain degree the results also confirmed that background images improved memory performance.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Helena}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Är en effektivare minnesbearbetning möjlig? - en studie av Levels of processing}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}