Question

Karina is given a list of words to memorize, and she forms a mental image of each word on the list. Calvin is given the same list of words, and he thinks of words that rhyme with each of the words on the list. Based on the research that has focused on the process of encoding, you should expect that on a memory test Karina is more likely to make "look-alike" errors in recall. Calvin will recall more words than Karina. both Karina and Calvin will recall the same number of words. Karina will recall more words than Calvin.

Answer 1

The answer is: Karina will recall more words than Calvin.

According to the process of encoding, our brain has our likelihood to remember new information if we associated that information with mental image that is unique and familiar to us.

When asked to recall the words, the mental images that Karina create will trigger her memory and make her able to connect those images with the associated words. This will make Karina able to recall more words than Calvin.