EXPLANATIONS FOR FORGETTING - RETRIEVAL FAILURE

Question 1

there is supporting research by….

Answer 1

carter and cassady and godden and baddeley to show retrieval failure in action

Question 2

what did eysenck (researcher for memory) say to support research?

Answer 2

that retrieval failure is the main reason for forgetting in the LTM

Question 3

what does supporting research increase?

Answer 3

the validity of the explanation , especially irl

Question 4

what can we question in the explanation?

Answer 4

context effects

Question 5

what did baddeley state about context effects?

Answer 5

that they are not as strong in real life

Question 6

what was there a clear distinction between in godden and baddeley’s experiment?

Answer 6

the different conditions such as land and water

Question 7

what are irl conditions like in comparison to land and water?

Answer 7

different classrooms that looks the same, shows external cues don’t have an effect as we learn everything in a classroom

Question 8

what does questioning context effects decrease?

Answer 8

the application of the study as contextual cues don’t explain forgetting

Question 9

what does godden and baddeley’s research not look at?

Answer 9

the difference between recall and recognition

Question 10

what did godden and baddeley do to test research vs recognition?

Answer 10

recognising the words meant context dependent forgetting disappeared as performance was the same in all condition

Question 11

what does the research into recall v recognition show?

Answer 11

that context dep forgetting depends on the way it is tested, decreasing the credibility of the research