A friend claims that the faster you read, the more you remember. Use your knowledge of effortful processing and effective encoding strategies to refute your friend's claim.

The slower you read, the more you remember.

Explanation:

Encoding can be defined as the process by which information is moved from the short-term memory to the long-term memory.

Effortful processing is that form of memory processing which requires attention and occurs as a conscious effect

Levels of Processing Theory stipulates that an understanding of the meaning of an information result to superior long-term memory.

These being said, I will clearly refute my friend's claim that the faster you read, the more you remember. Fast reading do not require effortful processing, an essential requirement for long-term memories. On the other hand, if a reader slowly reads to clearly understand the information, then it can lead to better long-term memory. Semantic processing, mnemonics and other memory aids are used more often when reading slowly. Hence, the slower you read, the more you remember.