Interference Theory Of Forgetting Flashcards
Interference Theory Of Forgetting
Introduction
Case Study Evidence
Interference - 1 memory ….. the ability to recall another. This results in ….. or distorting one or both. This is more likely to happen if the memories are …..
Pro active interference - Previously learnt information interferes with the … information that you’re trying to store.
Retro active interference When new memories interfere with the …. information.
Evidence shows that the more similar the interference is to the word being remembers the …. recall is (Mc…. and Mc……)
Presented a series of magazine adverts to participants
Had to recall details of what they had seen
They had more difficulty recalling earlier adverts
In some cases they had more difficulty remembering later ones
The effect was …… when the adverts were …..
This was known as …… interference (Bu…. and Sk…..)
Interference Theory Of Forgetting
Introduction
Case Study Evidence
Interference - 1 memory disturbs the ability to recall another. This results in forgetting or distorting one or both. This is more likely to happen if the memories are similar
Pro active interference - Previously learnt information interferes with the new information that you’re trying to store.
Retro active interference When new memories interfere with the old information that you’re trying to store.
Evidence shows that the more similar the interference is to the word being remembers the worse recall is (Mc.Geoch and McDonald)
Presented a series of magazine adverts to participants
Had to recall details of what they had seen
They had more difficulty recalling earlier adverts
In some cases they had more difficulty remembering later ones
The effect was greater when the adverts were similar
This was known as competitive interference (Burke and Skrull)
Interference Theory Of Forgetting Retrieval Failure (T......)
The reason why we forget is due to ……… ……
When we encode a new memory we also store information that occurred ….. it, e.g the way we felt.
If we cannot remember or recall it, it could be because we are not in a …… situation to when the memory was ….. stored.
‘Encoding Specificity Principle’ - The more similar the ….. event and the retrieval event, the higher chance there is of recalling it.
Some cues are linked to material in a …….. way, e.g mnemonics
Interference Theory Of Forgetting Retrieval Failure (Tulving)
The reason why we forget is due to insufficient cues
When we encode a new memory we also store information that occurred around it, e.g the way we felt.
If we cannot remember or recall it, it could be because we are not in a similar situation to when the memory was originally stored.
‘Encoding Specificity Principle’ - The more similar the ….. event and the retrieval event, the higher chance there is of recalling it.
Some cues are linked to material in a …….. way, e.g mnemonics
