retrieval failure

Question 1

strength:there is research support for retrieval failure as an explanation for forgetting.

Answer 1

E: Godden and Baddeley found divers were 40% less accurate when recalling a list of words when the environment they learnt the lists did not not match the environment of recall.
E:retrieval failure would predict that when context dependent cues which are available at encoding but not at retrieval, forgetting was more likely to occur. however in real life people dont learn such articivally generated lists therefore supporting research may be undermined by its lack of ecological validity.
L:therefore these findings fit the predictions of retrieval failure.

Question 2

strength:has real life applications

Answer 2

E:usijg retrieval failure ,police interview developed an interview called the cognitive interview. this uses techniques like asking the interviewer to report everything that happened. this helps th interviewee generate retrieval cues.
E:this illustrates that retrieval failure has value beyond just providing an academic explanation for forgetting. it indicated that the theory can lead to useful applications that can be beneficial to society.