Retrieval failure
- Created by: gemshort
- Created on: 19-01-18 14:23
Endel Tulving's encoding specificity principle: in order to remember information, the same cue (trigger) must be present at both encoding and retrieval, e.g. learning something in one classroom and finding it hard to remember in another classroom because of the absence of a cue
Forgetting due to lack of meaningful cues: when forgetting occurs because cues are missing; these cues are relevant to what needs to be memorised, e.g. when a memorisation technique is used
Context-dependent forgetting: when forgetting occurs because external cues are missing, e.g. location or temperature
State-dependent forgetting: when forgetting occurs because internal cues are missing, e.g. mood or alertness
Research studies
Godden and Baddeley (1975) - context-dependent forgetting
- Procedure: underwater divers were asked to learn a list of words either…
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