Retrieval Failure Flashcards
Context dependent forgetting
Forgetting due to lack of external cues to trigger recall
Due to environment being diffrent at recall when Information was coded forgetting is more likely
State dependent forgetting
Forgetting due to lack of internal cues
Personal physical /emotional state is different at recall to when information was coded meaning forgetting is more likely
Retrieval failure
Due to absence of cues
Information is still in LTM
But can’t be accessed due to lack of memory cues
Who was RTS by for retirieval failure for CDF?
By Godden and badley (1975)
What were the scuba divers given ?
A list of words to learn either on land or underwater
Where were they asked to recall the information ?
The same setting or opposite
What was concluded ?
Ppts more likely to forget words if tested in opposite location
How does the supports CDF?
As forgetting is more likely due to lack of
External memory cues
What did RTS Godden and badley lack?
Mundane reaslism due to artificial task of learning list of words
What is it difficult to generalise to ?
Everday cases of forgetting as in real life we may learn more complex info such as psychological theories that may not be easily accessed with an internal or external cue
Reducing what ?
External validity
Ao3 strength state dependent forgetting g
Goodwin et al
Male volunteers asked to learn a list of words either drunk or sober
Asked to recall words 24 hours later in the same state or opposite
Found participants were more likely to forget if they were tested in the opposite location
Support sdp demonstrates that when there is lack of internal cues forgetting is more likely
