Underwood & postman 1960 retroactive theory Flashcards

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what was the aim?

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find out if new learning interferes with previous learning

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What was the procedure of the study?
Group A

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  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
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What was the procedure of the study? Group B

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

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

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What is the conclusion?

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

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What is the strength of the theory

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

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