Two students took a memory test.Twenty nouns were shown sequentially on a TV monitor.Mallory tried to think of rhymes for each word as it appeared on the monitor.Bailey tried to think of ways each word could be used in a sentence.Based on Craik and Lockhart's levels-of-processing theory,you should predict that
A) Mallory will have better recall of the words because she used semantic encoding.
B) both students should have equivalent recall of the words.
C) Bailey will have better recall of the words because she used semantic encoding.
D) Bailey will have poorer recall of the words because she used structural encoding.

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According to Craik and Lockhart's levels-of-processing theory, semantic encoding, which involves the interpretation and meaning of words, leads to better retention and recall than structural or phonemic encoding. Bailey's strategy of thinking of ways each word can be used in a sentence involves semantic encoding, which should lead to better recall of the words compared to Mallory's strategy of thinking of rhymes, which involves a more superficial level of processing (phonemic encoding). Therefore, choice C is the best answer.

Two Students Took a Memory Test