Jennifer and Jeff are studying for their geography exam. Jeff is learning the capital of each province by repeating it over and over. Jennifer is incorporating information she already knows about each province into the name of the capital. While Jeff is repeating "Victoria is the capital of British Columbia, Victoria is the capital of British Columbia," Jennifer is saying "Queen Victoria loved high tea at the Fairmont in BC" because she loves to go to high tea and incorporates the province name and capital in the sentence. If the levels-of-processing theory is correct,
A) Jeff and Jennifer will do equally well on the exam.
B) Jennifer will recall the capitals and their states better than Jeff.
C) Jeff will recall the capitals and their states better than Jennifer.
D) Who does better has more to do with personality differences than with study techniques.

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

According to the levels-of-processing theory, deeper processing of information leads to better memory recall. Jennifer is incorporating more meaningful and personal connections to the information, which involves deeper processing compared to Jeff's simple repetition. Therefore, Jennifer is more likely to recall the capitals and their corresponding provinces better than Jeff.

Jennifer and Jeff Are Studying for Their Geography Exam