Craik And Lockhart

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Craik and Lockhart believed that there were four parts in the development in levels of processing. The first part is that memory has a deeper level than the previous memory. The second part is that by having a deeper level of processing it will cause memory to last longer. Then the third part of the development is that the levels of processing views rehearsal as unimportant because it will only last on average three months and may cause memory to become worse when using shallow memory instead of using a deep level of processing. The last part is that memory should be studied by using incidental learning. By not letting students know that they will be tested on the information then the material will last longer in the memory. The procedure for

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