Cues

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another theory of memory suggests that being able to recall a piece of information depends on having the right…

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cues

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in this theory, forgetting is treated as…

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a retrieval failure

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the information still exists in memory but it isn’t

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accessable

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we have more chance of retrieving the memory if the cue is

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appropiate

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the cue has to be appropriate because it could be

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internal or external

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internal

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mood

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external

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context

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we are more likely to remember if we are in the same

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context/mood as we were when we coded the information origionally

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being in the same context to remember something is known as

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cue-dependant learning

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Study

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Tulving and Psotka (1971)

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Study date

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1971

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Method: Tulving and Psotka compared the theories of

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interference and cue-dependant forgetting

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Method: each participant was given either

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 lists of 24 words

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Method: each list was divided into…

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6 categories of 4 words

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Method: words were presented in…

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category order

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Method: Condition 1

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participants had to simply recall the words

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Method: Condition 1 name

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total free recall

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Method: Condition 2

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participants were given the categories and had to recall all the words from that category

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Method: Condition 2 name

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free cued recall

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Results: total free recall

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evidence of retroactive interference

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Results: 1/2 lists

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had the highest amounts of recall

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Results: total cued recall

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the effects of retroactive interference disappeared

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Results: Retroactive disappeared

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it didn’t matter how many lists the participants had, recall stayed the same at 70%

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Conclusion: the results suggested that…

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interference does not cause forgetting

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Conclusion: because the memories became accessible if a cue was used…

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it showed that they were available, but just inaccessible

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Conclusion: the forgetting shown in the total recall condition was

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cue-dependant forgetting

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Evaluation: the study was a laboratory study meaning…

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it was highly controlled

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Evaluation: because the study was conducted in a laboratory…

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it reduced the effect of extraneous variables

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Evaluation: laboratory effects lack…

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ecological validity

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Evaluation: the setting and tasks are…

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artificial

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Evaluation: the results can’t be…

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generalised

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Evaluation: Why can’t the results be generalised?

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the study only tested memory of words

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cue-dependant forgetting is the…

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best explanation for forgetting in long term memory

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why is cue-dependent forgetting the best explanation for forgetting?

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it has the strongest evidence

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most forgetting can be caused by…

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retrieval failure

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this means that virtually all memories are available in…

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long term memory

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we just need the right ___ to access it

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cues

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the evidence is

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artificial

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lacks meaning in…

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the real world

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it would be difficult, if not impossible, to test whether all information in LTM is

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accessible and available and just waiting for the right cue

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the theory might not explain

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all types of memory

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for example, cues might not be relevant to

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procedural memory