Forgetting

Question 1

What is interference ?

Answer 1

An explanation for fogetting in LTM

Interference occurs when info that is similar gets in the way of the info someone is trying to recall

Question 2

What is retroactive interference ?

Answer 2

Recent information gets in the way of recalling past information

Question 3

What is proactive interference ?

Answer 3

Older info gets in the way of recalling newer info

Question 4

What are the 3 evaluation points for interference ?

Answer 4

. Evidence from lab studies
. Methodology is flawed
. Real life studies - rugby players

Question 5

What is retrieval failure ?

Answer 5

Reason we forget is due to insufficient cues
^ a “trigger” which allows access to a memory

If cues aren’t present when we come to recall we find it difficult to retrieve the memory

Question 6

What are the 2 types of cues ?

Answer 6

Context dependent = environmental context/where you are

State dependent = Internal
E.g: mood or degree of tiredness/drunkness

Question 7

What is the “encoding specificity principle”

Answer 7

Tulving: we’re more likely to remember info if we recall it in the same place we first learnt it

Question 8

What are the 3 evaluation points for retrieval failure ?

Answer 8

. Context dependent forgetting
Godden and Baddeley: divers learnt a list of words either underwater or on land
2 conditions where environmental context didn’t match, recall was 40% lower

. Real world application
Found students who learnt and tested in the same room had highest level of recall

. State dependent forgetting
Carter and Cassidy gave hay fever drugs to participants they then learnt a list of words with or without drugs
2 conditions where environmental context and recall didn’t match recall was significantly lower