Kevin is studying for a vocabulary test. When he studies the word “braggart,” he thinks of how his childhood friend Billy acted whenever Billy was given a new toy. Which of the following is the highest level of processing Kevin has engaged in while encoding the word “braggart”?
The following are the choices to this question: A. shallow B. intermediate C. deep D. personal The answer to this item is letter C. deep. There are three levels of processing: deep. shallow and intermediate. Depth, in Kevin's case means how he encoded the word and rehearsed information out of the word. Deep level involves analysis on the semantics for deeper information.
