Peter and Paul Are Both Listening to the Same Lecture

question 37

Multiple Choice

Peter and Paul are both listening to the same lecture. Peter is trying to learn the information being presented so that he can remember it later on. Paul is listening closely but not necessarily trying to remember it. From a levels-of-processing perspective, we would predict that:

• A) Peter is engaging in incidental learning, so will probably remember more.
• B) Paul is likely to process the information at a deeper level, so will probably remember more.
• C) Both boys will remember the same amount if they process the information in the same way.
• D) Both boys will remember the same amount if they are equally alert.

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Definitions:

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's values, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the population mean.

Sample Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a sample dataset, calculating how much the sample data points deviate from the sample mean.

Equal

Being the same in value, quantity, or measure between two or more entities or conditions.

Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies how much a set of data diverges from its mean value.