exam paper question

[depressedchild]

in a study, each of three groups of participants was asked to learn the same list of 20 words, shown one at a time, under different conditions. Later all participants were tested on their recall of the words.

group 1 was asked to make up 20 sentences, each with the target word in it.
group 2 was asked to think of words that rhymed with the target words
group 3 was asked to note each target words print type whether capital letters, lower case or italics.

Predict the results of study:
ANS:
group 1 best recall (using shallow processing)
group 3:poorest recall (using deep processing)

how is group 1 best recall?

[emilyhobbes]

group 1 is using deep processing, not shallow processing, because it's processing the information semantically and thinking about the meaning of the words, whereas group 3 is using shallow processing, because it's looking at the superficial and structural features of the words, not their meanings.
So, according to Craik and Lockheart's framework, group 1 would have better recall for the words, because they processed the material semantically and therefore at a deeper level.
Hope that helps

[depressedchild]

yerh i had a similar to you, but when i checked the solutions, that was what was written. Thanks of clearing thing up though!