16.11.23 - Memory: Explanations for forgetting - Retrieval Failure Flashcards
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What is retrieval failure?
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- Form of FORGETTING
- Don’t have necessary CUES to access memory
- Memory AVAILABLE but not accessible
2
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Who suggested the encoding specificity principle?
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Tulving
3
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What does the encoding specifity principle suggest?
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Cue needs to be present at ENCODING and RETRIEVAL
4
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What happens if the cue at encoding and retrieval is different?
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Will be some FORGETTING
5
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What are the two types of cues?
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CONTEXT dependent and STATE dependent
6
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What is context dependent forgetting?
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Recall depends on EXTERNAL cue
7
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Give two examples of external cues
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Weather and place
8
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What is state dependent forgetting?
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Recall depends on INTERNAL cue
9
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Give two examples of internal cues
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Feeling upset or being drunk
10
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What did Godden and Baddeley look at?
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CONTEXT dependent forgetting
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Procedure - **Godden and Baddeley **
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- Gave DIVERS list of WORDS to learn either UNDERWATER or on LAND
- Asked to RECALL words UNDERWATER or on LAND
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Findings and Conclusion - Godden and Baddeley
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- In TWO conditions, ENVIRONMENTAL context of learning and recall MATCHED
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