2.4: Cue-dependent forgetting (CDF) Flashcards
Best friends Emma and Anneka get very similar scores on their psychology tests. However, recently when Anneka had to sit a test in an unfamiliar classroom, supervised by a teacher she’d never met before, she scored much worse than Emma, who sat the test in her usual classroom supervised by their usual teacher, even though the teacher didn’t give her any help.
With reference to retrieval cues, explain why Anneka did worse than Emma in their recent psychology test (4 marks)
Anneka did worse than Emma on the test as the context of retrieval differed from the context of coding
Best friends Emma and Anneka get very similar scores on their psychology tests. However, recently when Anneka had to sit a test in an unfamiliar classroom, supervised by a teacher she’d never met before, she scored much worse than Emma, who sat the test in her usual classroom supervised by their usual teacher, even though the teacher didn’t give her any help.
With reference to retrieval cues, explain why Anneka did worse than Emma in their recent psychology test (4 marks).
Anneka did worse than Emma on the test as the context of retrieval differed from the context of coding.
How did Anneka sit the test?
Anneka sat the test in a different room and with a different teacher than she had learned the material
Best friends Emma and Anneka get very similar scores on their psychology tests. However, recently when Anneka had to sit a test in an unfamiliar classroom, supervised by a teacher she’d never met before, she scored much worse than Emma, who sat the test in her usual classroom supervised by their usual teacher, even though the teacher didn’t give her any help.
With reference to retrieval cues, explain why Anneka did worse than Emma in their recent psychology test (4 marks).
Anneka did worse than Emma on the test as the context of retrieval differed from the context of coding.
Anneka sat the test in a different room and with a different teacher than she had learned the material, while Emma sat the test how?
Anneka sat the test in a different room and with a different teacher than she had learned the material, while Emma sat the test in the same room and with the same teacher as when she learned the material
Best friends Emma and Anneka get very similar scores on their psychology tests. However, recently when Anneka had to sit a test in an unfamiliar classroom, supervised by a teacher she’d never met before, she scored much worse than Emma, who sat the test in her usual classroom supervised by their usual teacher, even though the teacher didn’t give her any help.
With reference to retrieval cues, explain why Anneka did worse than Emma in their recent psychology test (4 marks).
Anneka did worse than Emma on the test as the context of retrieval differed from the context of coding.
Anneka sat the test in a different room and with a different teacher than she had learned the material, while Emma sat the test in the same room and with the same teacher as when she learned the material.
What does this therefore concern?
This therefore concerns context-dependent forgetting
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer
Sarah is likely to perform worse
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer.
Why is Sarah likely to perform worse?
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer.
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment, so what?
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment, so the cues present when learning the psychology material in the classroom would not have been present at recall in the lecture theatre for Sarah
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer.
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment, so the cues present when learning the psychology material in the classroom would not have been present at recall in the lecture theatre for Sarah.
What did the absence of the cues mean?
The absence of the cues meant that Sarah did not have any triggers to aid her recall
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer.
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment, so the cues present when learning the psychology material in the classroom would not have been present at recall in the lecture theatre for Sarah.
The absence of the cues meant that Sarah did not have any triggers to aid her recall and what did this cause?
The absence of the cues meant that Sarah did not have any triggers to aid her recall and this caused retrieval failure
Toby and Sarah both studied AS Psychology at the same school. Toby’s class was taught in the school lecture theatre while Sarah’s class had their lessons in a science classroom. Both students sat their final psychology exam in the school lecture theatre.
Which student is likely to perform worse in their final psychology exam? (4 marks)
Use your knowledge of explanations of forgetting to justify your answer.
Sarah is likely to perform worse, because Sarah learnt and recalled in a different environment, so the cues present when learning the psychology material in the classroom would not have been present at recall in the lecture theatre for Sarah.
The absence of the cues meant that Sarah did not have any triggers to aid her recall and this caused retrieval failure.
Who is this supported by?
This is supported by Godden and Baddeley (1975)
