Evaluation of Cue-dependancy

Question 1

Supporting evidence?

Answer 1

• Godden and Baddeley

- Bower

Question 2

How does Godden and Baddeley support cue-dependency?

Answer 2

They found diver could recall words better if they had encoded them in the same environment

Question 3

How does Bower support Cue-dependency?

Answer 3

They used hypnosis to determine someone’s mood and found that info was recalled better in P’s were in same mood as was at encoding

Question 4

Why are experiments not the best supporting evidence?

Answer 4

They lack ecological validity as they test memory on simple word lists rather than more complex everyday memory tasks

Question 5

Practical application?

Answer 5

• Students can enhance their recall in exams by imagining the classroom they learnt in
• Eye Witnesses can be taken to the scene of a crime to reactivate cues that could allow them to remember details of the crime (Successfully used in programs like crime watch)

Question 6

Credibility?

Answer 6

-provides a credible explanation of why , when we return to an old place we suddenly recall event that happened there

Question 7

Disadvantage of the theory?

Answer 7

does not explain every reason why we forget things for instance Freud says we forget events deliberately that cause us anxiety and stress