Leslie was getting ready to landscape the yard of her new house. After researching and then shopping for specific trees, she decided on a beautiful magnolia for the showpiece of her garden. One of the things Leslie liked the most was the unusual elegance of the tree and the fact she had never seen one before. After purchasing the tree she was dismayed to see that only three houses down the street, right in front of the bus stop she used every day, was a beautiful magnolia. The fact she had been exposed to this tree and not remembered it is an example of ________ processing.

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Shallow processing involves encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words or objects, leading to weaker memory retention.

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