RETRIEVAL FAILURE

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  • Created on: 10-12-15 19:00

ENCODING SPECIFICITY PRINCIPLE ESP

TULVING - ESP

CUE HELP RECALL INFO HAS PRESENT WHEN ENCODING & RETRIEVAL 

CUES AVALIABLE BUT DIFFERENT SOME FORGETTING OCCUR 

SOME CUE LINKED MATERIAL MEANINGFULLY E.G. CUE STM OF INFO MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES 

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CONTEXT DEPENDANT FORGETTING

GODDEN & BADDELEY  - DEEP SEA DIVER - CRUCIAL REMEMBER INSTRUCTIONS

PROCEDURE: LEARNT LIST WORDS UNDERWATER & ON LAND 

ASKSED RECALL UNDERWATER & ON LAND

FINDINGS: ACCURATE RECALL 40% LOWER IN NON-MATCHING ENVIORNMENTAL CONTEXT

EXTERNAL CUE DIFFERENT LED RETREIVAL FAILURE

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STATE-DEPENDANT FORGETTING

CARTER & CASSIDY ANTI-HISTAMINE PARTICIPANTS

MILD SEDATIVE - SLIGHTLY DROWSY 

CREATE INTERNAL PSYHCOLOGICAL STATE DIFFERENT FROM ALERT 

LEARNT LIST OF WORDS ON & OFF DRUGS

FINDINGS: CONDITION INTERNAL STATE LEARNING / RECALL MISMATCHED RESULTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE

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SUPPORTING EVIDENCE

LOTS SUPPORT GODDEN / BADDELEY ETC.

MICHAEL EYSENK MAIN REASON FORGETTING LTM 

INCREASES VALIDITY EXPLANATION 

OCCURS REAL LIFE & HIGH CONTROLLED LAB

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QUETONING CONTEXT EFFECTS

BADDELEY CONTEXT EFFECTS NOT V STRONG

EFFECTS HAVE TO BE V DIFFERENT FOR TELL DIFFERNCE 

REAL LIFE APPLICATION FAILS DUE TO CONTENXTUAL CUES NOT EPLAINING MUCH ABOUT FORGETTING

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RECALL VS RECOGNITION

CONTEXT EFFECT REALTE TO KIND OF MEMORY BEING TESTED 

GODDON BADDELY REPEATED USING RECOGNITION 

NO CONTEXT DEPENDANT FORGETTING

SHOWS PRESENCE CUES ONLY AFFECT MEMORY IF TESTED CERTAIN WAY 

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PROBLEMS WITH ESP

NOT TESTABLE LEADS FORM CIRCULAR REASONING

IN EXPERIMENTS ASSUME CUE ENCODED WHEN LEARNING 

JUST ASSUMPTONS 

NO WAY ESTABLISH CUE HAS BEEN ENCODED

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REAL LIFE

CONTECT REALTED CUES NOT STRONG BU WORTH ATTENTION

REMEMBER - LEAVE ROOM - FORGET - COME BACK - REMEMBER 

BASIC PRINCIPLE OF COGNITIVE INTERVIEW

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