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Interference Flashcards

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one theory about forgetting is that you have the ability to remember a particular thing you’ve learnt and can be affected by…

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having learnt something similar before or after

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having something that’s affected

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is called interference

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how many types of interference are there?

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two

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what are the names of the types of interference?

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Retroactive interference

Proactive interference

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retroactive interference is where…

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new information interferes with old information

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proactive interference is where…

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old information interferes with new information

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Retroactive Interference: Study

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Underwood and Postman (1960)

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Retroactive Interference: Study Date

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1960

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Retroactive Interference: type of study

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lab study

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Retroactive Interference: how many groups were the participant split into?

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two

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Retroactive Interference: what did both groups do?

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given a list of paired words to learn. eg cat-tree

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Retroactive Interference: the experimental group

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was given a second list of words to learn where the first of the words in each pair was the same as the first word in the first list. eg - cat-dirt

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Retroactive Interference: the control group

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weren’t given the second list

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Retroactive Interference: both groups were both tested on their…

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recall

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Retroactive Interference: results

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recall was better in the control group, suggesting that retroactive interference of the second word list had affected recall for the experimental group

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Proactive Interference: Study

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Underwood (1957)

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Proactive Interference: Study Date

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1957

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Proactive Interference: what did he look at?

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the results of studies that looked at forgetting over a 24 hour period

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Proactive Interference: 15 or more word lists in the same experiment recall

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20%

20
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Proactive Interference: if they hadn’t learnt any earlier lists recall

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80%

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Proactive Interference: how long after learning the lists did the experiment recall?

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a day

22
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Proactive Interference: conclusion

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proactive interference from the earlier lists had affected the participants ability to remember later ones

Psychology: Memory (AQA) (29 decks)

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