Explanations for Forgetting
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- Created on: 30-05-18 21:43
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- Explanations for Forgetting
- Displacement
- In STM, new information replaces old.
- Based off Miller's theory of the 7+/-2 capacity of the short term memory store
- AO3
- Only explains memory loss in STM, not applicable to long term memory loss.
- AO3
- Based off Miller's theory of the 7+/-2 capacity of the short term memory store
- In STM, new information replaces old.
- Motivated forgetting
- Freud
- Forgetting is an ego defence mechanism used to repress bad memories that cause trauma.
- AO3
- Doesn't explain why we forget mundane things like where we put our keys
- AO3
- Forgetting is an ego defence mechanism used to repress bad memories that cause trauma.
- Freud
- Lack of Consolidation
- Yarnell and Lynch
- Concussed American footballers could recall what happened if asked immediately, but not 20 minutes later
- If we don't make use of the retrieval loop by rehearsing information, then information is lost.
- Based on Atkinson and Schiffren's retrieval loop in the Multi Store Model that is used for memory rehearsal
- Yarnell and Lynch
- Interference
- The idea that similar pieces information interfere with one another
- Two Types
- Proactive
- Old information interferes with new
- The old information becomes PRO-ACTIVE to avoid being replaced
- Old information interferes with new
- Retroactive
- New information interferes with old
- The new information tries to become RETRO and impersonates old information
- New information interferes with old
- Proactive
- AO3
- High face validity - it's something we experience day-to-day
- Experiments lack ecological validity
- Retrieval Failure
- The idea that we need cues to remember information
- Context dependent
- Context is the cue for retrieval, i.e. setting or weather
- State dependent
- Your internal state is the cure for retrieval, i.e. stress or tiredness
- Context dependent
- The idea that we need cues to remember information
- Displacement
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