Interference AO1

Question 1

What is interference?

Answer 1

• when two peices of info conflict
• results in forgetting one or both peices of info

Question 2

What are the types of interference?

Answer 2

1. proactive interference
2. retroactive interference

Question 3

What is proactive interference?

Answer 3

• when an older memory intereferes with a new one
• example is when a teacher keeps calling a student by their old student’s name

Question 4

What is retroactive interference?

Answer 4

• when new memory interferes with an old one
• example is when a teacher has too many new students so they can’t remember their old class’ name

Question 5

Explain McGeoch and McDonald’s experiment on the effect of similarities.

Answer 5

• participants had to learn 10 words until they got 100% accuracy and then they had to learn a new listr of words (retroactive interference)
• 6 groups had to learn 3 types of lists (synonyms, non-sensicle syllables and 3 digit numbers)
• they found that the mosts mistakes were made (due to interference) were made when the lists were slimiar

Question 6

What is the effect of similarity?

Answer 6

it increases interference and therefore amount of information that is forgotten