Explanations for forgetting Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two types of interference
A
Retroactive
Proactive
2
Q
What is retroactive interference
A
New memory interferences with the past learning
Old =retro
You can’t remember the old one
-studied my muller :when he asked PPs to remember nonsense syllables for 6 minutes then a retention task to describe 3 landscapes.They couldn’t remember the nonsense syllable
3
Q
What is proactive interference
A
Past memory interferes with new learning
E.g. moving something in the home to a new place and you look in its original place for it ,the place it used to be
Studied by underwood :PPs memorised 10 lists and they only recalled 20% however if they only learnt one list the recall was about 70%
4
Q
Interference theory evaluation (AO3)
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