AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A shallow level of encoding occurs when we process information, like words, structurally, by the way they appear, or phonemically, by the way they sound. An example of structural encoding would be to remember the color of a word, and an example of phonemic encoding would be to think about what the word rhymes with.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shallow Processing Structural processing (appearance) which is when we encode only the physical qualities of something. E.g. the typeface of a word or how the letters look.

Detailed explanation-3: -“The basic idea is that if you think about information meaningfully (deep processing), you are much more likely to remember that information than if you think about at a superficial, meaningless level (shallow processing).

Detailed explanation-4: -Shallow processing (e.g., processing based on phonemic and orthographic components) leads to a fragile memory trace that is susceptible to rapid decay. Conversely, deep processing (e.g., semantic processing) results in a more durable memory trace.