Effortful Processing
Effortful Processing is a type of encoding that requires your attention, unlike automatic processing. This takes concious effort instead of being able to just remember it without trying. For example if your teacher was telling you information that may be on your test you will use effortful processing to try to remember what they are saying. Another example is if you are looking through flash cards and trying to remember what they say, you are also using this type of encoding.You exert yourself during this process which is why it is called effortful processing.
There are two different types of effortful processing these are rehearsal and overlearning. Rehearsal is when you try to learn something by repeating it over and over again. For example if you are trying to learn the word for fun in spanish and you continuously repeat the word correr to remember. This is not as effective as overlearning because it does not take as much effort as overlearning. Overlearing is when something is already in our memory and we continuously learn it more so that it stays with us forever, or however long our memory will allow. For example if you know what the word mom is in spanish, but you continuously learn the word madre you will remember it for as long as your memory will allow. This works much better then rehearsal because it takes effort and you find meaning to it.
There are two different types of effortful processing these are rehearsal and overlearning. Rehearsal is when you try to learn something by repeating it over and over again. For example if you are trying to learn the word for fun in spanish and you continuously repeat the word correr to remember. This is not as effective as overlearning because it does not take as much effort as overlearning. Overlearing is when something is already in our memory and we continuously learn it more so that it stays with us forever, or however long our memory will allow. For example if you know what the word mom is in spanish, but you continuously learn the word madre you will remember it for as long as your memory will allow. This works much better then rehearsal because it takes effort and you find meaning to it.