Interference Theory

Question 1

What is interference?

Answer 1

(An explanation of forgetting) in terms of one memory disrupting the ability to recall another. This most likely to occur when the two memories have similarity

Question 2

State definition of retroactive interference

Answer 2

Current attempts to learn something interferes with past learning.

Question 3

Proactive interference?

Answer 3

Past learning interferes with current learning

Question 4

Muller and Pilzecker (1900) ?

Answer 4

The gave ppnts non-syllables to remember for 6 minutes

One condition had a retention period where there was not disturbed and allowed to remember that information

another condition was made during the retention period to describe 3 landscape painting before the recall.

condition that was asked to describe painting did worse on the non-syllable recall

The intervening task (Pictures describing) produced the RI which later interfered with what they had previously learnt.

Question 5

Proactive interference

Answer 5

past learning interference with current learning

Question 6

underwood (1957)

Answer 6

He gave ppts a list of words to remember and tested them 24 hours after. The ppts did significantly worse than he expected; he concluded that the ppts had past experience with experiments that interfered with their ability to perform

Question 8

what is retrieval failure?

Answer 8

the inability to recall information due to an absence of cues