Baddeley And Hitch (1977)

Question 1

Baddeley And Hitch aim

Answer 1

To investigate inference in real life

Question 2

Baddeley And Hitch procedure

Answer 2

They asked the rugby players to recall the names of the teams they had played suring the season. The players all played for the same time interval but the number of interveneing games caried due to injuries

Question 3

Baddeley And Hitch findings

Answer 3

The players who played the most games , therefore having the most interference, had the poorest recall

Question 4

Baddeley And Hitch importance

Answer 4

It shows that intereference can operate in some real-sorld scenarios, increasing the validity of the inference theory

Question 5

Baddeley And Hitch strength

Answer 5

It shows that inference can operate in some real sorld situation

The rugby players show how inference has effected their memory, in a setting that is replicable in everyday situations, unlike lab studies

This increases the external validity of the study, making the findings easily applicable to other everyday situations

Question 6

Baddeley And Hitch limitation

Answer 6

Inference in everyday situations in unusual

The conditions needed for inference to occur, like in this study, are relatively rare

This suggests that most forgetting may be better explained with other theories, eg. Retrieval failure