Interference theory 💭

Question 1

Where does it happen? What does it mean?

What is interference an exaplantion of?

Answer 1

• Explanation of forgetting
• When two pieces of information conflict with one another leading to distortion within the memory.
• Occurs in the LTM.
• Accessibility theory of forgetting

Question 2

Think of why new things are bads?

What is proactive interference?

Answer 2

When older memeories interfer with new memories

Question 3

Think of why you can only remember the present.

What is retroactive memory?

Answer 3

When newer memories interfer with old memories.

Question 4

What did McGeoch and McDonald propose?

Answer 4

• Studied retroactive retreival by changing the amount similarity between two sets of words.

Question 5

BA BA BA BA BA IM LOVIN IT (we don’t)

Conclusion of their findings.

Answer 5

• Suggested that **interference is the strongest **when the memories are similar.
• When asked to recall the OG list, the participants who had synoyms to the original list performed the worst.

Question 6

Difference between reliablitiy and validity.

Answer 6

• Reliability refers to whether results can be reproduced under the same conditions
• Validity refers to accuracy —-> whether results represent what they are supposed to measure.

Question 7

Strength involving the best of the best BADDELEY 🏉

Evaluation of interference as an explanation fo forgetting

Answer 7

Baddelely and Hitch 1977

• Asked rugby players to name the teams they played against in the seaon. Players who played the most games had the worst recall due to interference.

Real world application

Question 8

Weakness to do with the lab (MWAHAHAHA)

Evaluation of interference theory as an explanation of forgetting.

Answer 8

Lab experiment—> variables were controlled/manipulated so not an accurate representation of forgetting in real life.
* People do not need to learn two pieces of information and recall them in a short period of time.

Mundane realism —-> intereference due to artifical stimuli.

Question 9

TULVING again with his russian G Psotka

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Evaluation of intereference

Answer 9

Tulving and Psotka 1971
* Participants asked to recall lists of words in different categories.
* First recall was 70% but became progressively worse.

• Used cued lists and recall went back to 70%
  Suggests that forgetting may be due to lack of cues instead of intereference.