Cue Dependency Theory Of Forgetting Flashcards

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State cues

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Your physical state, emotions eg hungry etc.

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Studies into state cues

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  • Duka et al, 48 participants, alcohol or placebo before given a list of word pairs, put in same or diff state for retrieval, best if in same
  • Lang et al, 54 students scared of snakes/spiders, words, recall better if scared again.
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Context

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Physical environment, weather sounds smells etc

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Studies into context cues

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  • Godden and baddeley, 18 divers, 36 words under sea or on beach, 4 conditions, better in same.
  • Smith et al, 54 participants given words with quiet, Mozart or jazz, forgot more with diff music.
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What’s it about?

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Accessibility problems, incorrect cues to retrieve info, memories permanent.
Tulvings encoding specificity principle:
“The greater the similarities between the encoding and retrieval events, the greater the likelihood of recalling the original memory”.

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