Cue-dependancy theory of forgetting Flashcards
1
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Who’s theory was this?
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Tulving’s
2
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When did Tulving argue that cue-dependent forgetting occurs?
A
When we have stored info but lack the necessary cues to retrieve it
3
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What else does it argue that we encode when we encode info?
A
we also encode details of the context and state we were in at the time we encoded the info
4
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what are the 2 types of cues?
A
- State cues
- Context cues
5
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What are context cues?
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- cues from our external environment which improve the retrieval of memories
- For example we would retrieve info better in the same environment/place that we encoded it
6
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What are state cues?
A
- Cues taken from out internal physiological state present at encoding
- Therefore it argues that we retrieve info better if we are in the same emotional state that we encoded it in
7
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What are examples of state cues?
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-Could include Happiness, Sadness being exited or even drunk
8
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What are examples of context cues?
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-Could include smells, sounds and clearly visual cues
