Explanations For Forgetting: Retrieval Failure - Evaluation

Question 1

What limitation did Baddeley (1972) find regarding context-dependent forgetting?

Answer 1

Contexts must be very different for an effect to occur

Doesnt explain much forgetting in real life

• context effect may be related to the type of memory tested
• Godden and Baddeley did a test again with divers with a recognition test instead
• No context dependant forgetting

Question 2

What are strengths of both?

state dependent and context dependent forgetting

Answer 2

Studies supported the theory and replicated the same results

Godden and Baddeley and Carter and Cassaday suggesting that retrival failure happens in labs and real life

Question 3

What did Eysenck (2010) suggest about retrieval failure?

as a strength of both state dependent and context dependent forgetting

Answer 3

Retrieval failure is the main cause of forgetting from long-term memory (LTM)