Retrieval failure due to the absence of cues - evaluation

Strength (1) 

Research support from: Baddeley & Godden 1975 - context-dependent retrieval and Carter & Cassaday 1998 - State-dependent retrieval. Increases validity of the explanation.

Weakness (1) 

The study Baddeley and Godden did in 1975 showcased extreme differences in contexts causing the study to lack ecological validity as encoding, usually, does not take place underwater…