Interference theory of forgetting Flashcards

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What is interference

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2 pieces of info disrupt each other

Info is either forgotten or distorted

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What is proactive interference/study for it

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Old memory disrupts new memory

Keppel and Underwood - Replicated Peterson and Peterson

Found that old trigrams were remembered better/they interfered with new trigram memory

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What is retroactive interference/study for it

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New memory disrupts old memory

Muller and Pilzecker - Nonsense syllables for 6 minutes then interference task then recall

Recall was worse after interference task - task interfered with old memory of syllables

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Evaluate the interference theory of forgetting

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Doesn’t take into account personal differences

Methodological issues with proactive interference (based on peterson/peterson)

Lab experiment

Retrieval failure may be better explanation

Nomothetic vs ideographic

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