Cue Dependent theory of forgetting
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- Created on: 21-05-13 10:53
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- CUE DEPENDENT FORGETTING
- AO1
- By Tulving in 1974
- Describes a failure to remember as an acessability problem: the information is there we just can't access it
- when we remember, we remember the items around the information; these items are 'cues'
- context cues
- sensory information of the environment, for example the smell of an old school
- state cues
- Pysiological state we are in at the time of learning, for example distressed, more will be remembered if you are distressed at recall as well
- context cues
- AO2
- POSITIVE
- TULVING AND PEARLSTONE 1996
- found semantic cues increased recall
- BAKER ET AL 2004
- found chewing gum can act as a cue to increase recall
- Explains common occurances such as the 'tip of the tongue' phonomenom
- JERABEK AND STANDING 1992
- found exam results improved when exams were in the same clasroom as learning
- has applications in education and revision
- found exam results improved when exams were in the same clasroom as learning
- TULVING AND PEARLSTONE 1996
- NEGATIVE
- only an explanation of LTM
- BAKER ET AL-only improved memory a day after not immediately
- no explanation of why emotionally charged memories are remembered for longer and more vividly
- POSITIVE
- AO1
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