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Support: context state
RTS
who did they test
findings
therefore

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Godden and Baddely
scuba divers - learn words in land or under water (then swap)
40% less accuracy when swapping conditions
lack of external cues

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Support: state dependent
RTS
what did they do
findings
therefore

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Godwin
male ppts ask to learn words drunk or sober
repeat 24hours later in same or opposite state
more likely to forget in opposite state
lack of internal memory cues

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Weakness: Godwin
lacks
why
therefore…
therefore

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mundane realism
artifical tasks of lesrning words
difficult to generalise… we learn complex info that may not be acessed with internal/external cyes
reducing external validity

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