forgetting (retrieval failure due to an absence of cues)

Question 1

what are the two types of cues?

Answer 1

context (external) and state (internal cues) dependant forgetting

Question 2

what was Godden and Baddeley 1975 and what did it fund about context dependant forgetting?

Answer 2

aimed to study effect of environment on recall
procedure: 18 divers from a club learned lists of 36 unrelated words
two or three syllable
4 conditions were:
L on beach R on beach
L on beach R underwater
L underwater R on beach
L underwater R underwater
found that those who learnt and recalled in the same location had better recall suggesting that context acts as a cue

Question 3

what did Goodwin et a 1969 find about emotional dependant forgetting?

Answer 3

48 male medical student participated on day 1 in training and 2 test
random allocation to 4 groups
SS
AA
AS
SA
all of the intoxicated group showed signs of intoxication
preform 4 tests such as an avoidance task
groups in the same state on both days performed better
supports that a person state acts as a cue

Question 4

what did Abernathy 1940 find about context dependant forgotten with exams?

Answer 4

students who were tested where they learnt info performed better than those who were tested elsewhere

Question 5

what did Overton 1964 find?

Answer 5

if a rat learnt a path in a maze to avoid shock on a drug they needed the drug to remember how to do it. when placed in without the drug they did not complete it until they were given the drug again