Psychologists

Question 1

Underwood aim

Answer 1

Research study to investigate if new learning interferes with previous learning

Question 2

Underwood procedure

Answer 2

Divided into 2 groups -

A- asked to learn a list of word pairs

Asked then to learn a second paired word, different

B - asked to learn first list of word pairs only

Both groups asked to recall first list of word pairs

Question 3

U findings

Answer 3

Group B recall of the first list was more accurate than recall of group A

Question 4

U conc

Answer 4

Learning items in the second list interferes with ability to recall the list

Example of retroactive interference

Question 5

S aim

Answer 5

To assess the influencd of retroactive interference upon the memory of street names learned during childhood

Question 6

S prod

Answer 6

Molenberg neighbourhood with 48 street names replaced with numbers

Asked to remember as many of the street names as possible

Amount of retroactive interference experienced was assessed by the number of times the individual had moved to another neighbourhood or city

Question 7

S findings

Answer 7

Positive association between the number of times ppts had moved house outside the Molenberg neighbourhood and the number of street names they had forgotten

Question 8

S conc

Answer 8

Findingd suggested that learning new patterns of street names when moving house makes remembering old patterns of street names harder to do

Retroactive interference does seem able to explain forgetting in some real-life situations