forgetting
- Created by: Chloe Rugman
- Created on: 03-05-18 11:37
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- explanations for forgetting (LTM)
- interference when trying to recall mem from LTM that is available but not accessible
- proactive = forward so old learning prevents recall of recent info
- retroactive = backward so new learning prevents recall of previous info
- more likely to occur where memories are similar
- theory tells us little about cognitive processes involved; majority of research in lab settings so low ecological validity/ not gen; semantic mem more resistant to interference than other types not explained
- Baddeley & Hitch rugby players recall of team names played after missed games (affected more by no of teams not time)
- McGeoch & McDonald - 2 lists of 10 words to learn (6 different 2nd lists); first list recall worst when 2nd list similar word meaning; similarity - effects recall of words in retroactive interference
- retrieval failure
- encoding specificity principle (Tulving) - same cues present at encoding must be present at retrieval for full remembering
- Baddeley & Godden deep sea divers supports context dependent: memorising words in 2 conditions so 4 groups; best recall when context matched
- Carter & Cassaday drugs causing different states of remembering (so 4 groups); internal states impacted recall
- due to absense of cues which would trigger memory recall as cues are formed when memory is
- context-dependent cues - external/ environment
- state-dependent - physical/ psychological state
- interference when trying to recall mem from LTM that is available but not accessible
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