Inteference theory of forgetting ao1

Question 1

define proactive interference

Answer 1

When an old memory distrusts a new memory e.g trying to remember your new phone number but your old phone number disrupts it

Question 2

who’s experiment did keppel and underwood mirror

Answer 2

peterson and peterson

Question 3

what are the findings of Kapoor and underwoods experiment and explain what this shows about memory

Answer 3

participants typically remember the first few trigrams because when they repeated the sequence this was a form of maintenance rehearsal which transferred the first few trigrams into their long-term memory whereas the last few were displaced by the first few this also shows proactive interference

Question 4

what factor affects interference?

Answer 4

similarity. people most likely to forget information when the two things are trying to remember are similar.