Although much research has addressed the “levels-of-processing” perspective, critics continue to attack this formulation. The lack of an operational definition is frequently cited as a shortcoming of the perspective. Utilizing resistance to interference as a perspective from which to investigate “deep” and shallow” processing, an experiment was conducted with two follow-up tests to ascertain the effects of proactive and retroactive interference in immediate, intermediate, and long-term recall.
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