Reasons for Forgetting

Question 1

What causes retrieval failure?

Answer 1

Insufficient cues

Question 2

What are the 2 types of cue dependent forgetting?

Answer 2

Context-dependent forgetting and state-dependent forgetting

Question 3

What is context-dependent forgetting?

Answer 3

External environmental cues (weather, place)

Question 4

What is state-dependent forgetting?

Answer 4

Internal cues (feeling upset, being drunk)

Question 5

What was Godden and Baddeley’s research (1975) on context-dependent forgetting?

Answer 5

• Carried out study of deep sea divers
• Group 1 - learn and recall on land
• Group 2 - learn on land, recall underwater
• Group 3 - learn underwater, recall on land
• Group 4 - learn and recall underwater

Question 6

What were the findings of Godden and Baddeley’s research (1975) on context-dependent forgetting?

Answer 6

Accurate recall was 40% in non-matching conditions because having different external cues at point of learning compared to recall leads to retrieval failure