describe and evaluate retrieval failure as an explanation of forgetting Flashcards
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what is the encoding specificity principle?
if cue present at encoding isn’t present at retrieval you are more likely to forget
what is context dependent forgetting?
he environment you learnt information on differs from the environment you recall information in
who conducted a study onto context dependent forgetting?
Godden and Baddley
- deep sea divers
- recall list on land and underwater
what did godden and baddley find?
-recall best in matching conditions
what is state dependent forgetting?
internal state as a cue
who did research into state dependent forgetting?
Carter and cassaday
- learned material on antihistamines and recalled on not and vice versa
what did they find?
best recall in matching states
what real life applications does this research have?
it can be applied to education exam strategies
what did baddley argue about context dependent forgetting?
only significant in very different settings
what other theory might be a better explanation?
intereference
- proactive and retro active
