Evaluation of encoding specificity principle

Question 1

What is retrieval failure the main reason for?

Answer 1

forgetting from the LTM

Question 2

What does supporting evidence increase?

Answer 2

the validity of the explanation

Question 3

When does retrieval failure occur?

Answer 3

in real-life situations as well as highly controlled conditions of the lab

Question 4

What does Baddeley 1977 argue?

Answer 4

• context effects are not as strong especially in real life
• land and being underwater and diff situations
• learning in one room/recalling in other unlikely to forget

Question 5

In experiments when cues produce successful recall what do we assume?

Answer 5

that a cue must have been encoded at time of learning however they don’t result in successful recall

Question 6

Barker et al 2004 group 1?

Answer 6

gum - gum (chewing while learning/recalling)

Question 7

Barker et al group 2?

Answer 7

gum - no gum (chewing when learning/not recalling

Question 8

Barker et al group 3?

Answer 8

no gum- gum (not chewing when learning/recalling)

Question 9

Barker et al group 4?

Answer 9

no gum - no gum (not chewing when learning/recalling)

Question 10

What did participants do Barker et al?

Answer 10

learned list of 15 words in 2 minutes and recalled straight away then again after 24 hours

Question 11

What did immediate recall show Barker et al?

Answer 11

there is only small amount of difference between groups 24 hours afterwards

Question 12

Results 24 hours after? (Barker et al)

Answer 12

Gum/gum = 11
Gum/no gum = 8
No gum/gum = 7
No gum/no gum = 8.5