Cue Dependency Theory Of Forgetting

Question 1

State cues

Answer 1

Your physical state, emotions eg hungry etc.

Question 2

Studies into state cues

Answer 2

• Duka et al, 48 participants, alcohol or placebo before given a list of word pairs, put in same or diff state for retrieval, best if in same
• Lang et al, 54 students scared of snakes/spiders, words, recall better if scared again.

Question 3

Context

Answer 3

Physical environment, weather sounds smells etc

Question 4

Studies into context cues

Answer 4

• Godden and baddeley, 18 divers, 36 words under sea or on beach, 4 conditions, better in same.
• Smith et al, 54 participants given words with quiet, Mozart or jazz, forgot more with diff music.

Question 5

What’s it about?

Answer 5

Accessibility problems, incorrect cues to retrieve info, memories permanent.
Tulvings encoding specificity principle:
“The greater the similarities between the encoding and retrieval events, the greater the likelihood of recalling the original memory”.