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Niall Styles Psued8 'Do levels of processing affect memory?' Practical Report 2 Psychology Dept. University of Wales, Bangor Abstract The issue addressed in this experiment was whether processing information deeply leads to easier recall of that particular information. The hypothesis was 'deeper processing of information will produce better recall'. 22 participants; 11 male, 11 female, were asked both deep and shallow questions about a word list and were later asked to recall that word list. It was found that more deep words were recalled. In conclusion, the hypothesis was proven; deeper processing of information [does] produce better recall'. Memory is an incredibly broad subject, there are many questions which can be asked about it; how does it work; how is information retained; how long is information retained; how is information recalled etc. As a result, a great many approaches have been taken towards the topic, several of which will be outlined below. Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968) proposed the...

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