Forgetting

Question 1

Interference

Answer 1

two memories competing + becoming confused -> innacurate recall

Question 2

Proactive interference

Answer 2

previously learnt info interferes recently learnt info

Question 3

Retroactive interference

Answer 3

Recent info interferes with previous learnt info

Question 4

Interference AO3 Schmidt et al

Answer 4

students asked to name local streets in questionnaire
-/ve correlation between amount of times moved house and recall

Question 5

Interference AO3 Baddeley + Hitch

Answer 5

rugby players remember teams played in past 3 weeks
ppt with many had low recal of who played three weeks ago

Question 6

Encoding specificity principle

Answer 6

Tulving - if cue helps retrieval must be there at learning

Question 7

Context dependent forgetting

Answer 7

external cues aid/ inhibit recall

Question 8

Godden + Baddeley CDF

Answer 8

divers learnt info on land and in water
40% less recall if different recall place

Question 9

State dependent forgetting

Answer 9

internal state aids/ inhibits recall

Question 10

Carter + Cassidy SDF

Answer 10

ppt on antihistamines or not
recall significantly less if not matched at recall

Question 11

Encoding specificity principle AO3 application

Answer 11

considering context could help improve memory
- revise in quiet place like exam rooom
- impove accuracy of EWT by going back to scene

Question 12

Encoding specificity principle AO3 Baddeley

Answer 12

difficult to find contexts significantly different to affect learning so unlikely real life context