Underwood & postman 1960 retroactive theory

Question 1

what was the aim?

Answer 1

find out if new learning interferes with previous learning

Question 2

What was the procedure of the study?
Group A

Answer 2

1. participants were divided into two groups
2. Group A were asked to learn a list of word pairs i.e cat tree
3. Asked to learn a second list of word paired word was dif i.e cat- glass

Question 3

What was the procedure of the study? Group B

Answer 3

1. Group b were asked to learn the first list of word pairs- both were asked to recall the first list of word pairs

Question 4

What were the results of the study?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is the conclusion?

Answer 5

Suggest learning items in the second list interfered with participants ability to recall the list, this supports the theory of retroactive interference

Question 6

What is the strength of the theory

Answer 6

Extraneous variable can be controlled and these and the these experiments can be replicated so reliability is tested