What is one explanation that Craik and his colleagues propose for why a deep level of processing leads to greater recall?

a. At a deep level, you recognize the patterns more efficiently.
b. Deep levels make the stimulus different from other memory traces in the system; it's more distinctive.
c. Deep levels place more emphasis on vivid physical characteristics of the material.
d. Encoding specificity is more likely to occur.


Ans: b

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