Ps given a series of trials where they had to learn trigrams and then count backwards for 3,9 or 18 secs. They found that by 18 seconds recalled had decreased a large amount
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Memories cannot be recalled because the correct retrieval cues are not being used.
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Gave ps a list of words and then asked them to write down as many as they could remember in any order. Ps were then asked to recall them a second and third time. Not all of the same words were recalled across the three occasions.
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Occurs if the relevant environmental variables that were present when learning took place are missing at recall; these variables act as external cues.
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Occurs in the absense of relevent psychological or physiological variables that were present during learning; these variables act as internal cues.
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Deep sea divers learnt a list of words either on land or underwater, recalled of words was then tested in the same or different context. Divers recalled more efficiently when they recalled in the same place they learnt.
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We repress painful experiences and store them in the unconscious, becoming inaccessible.
