Exp For Forgetting - Interferrance

Question 1

What are the two types of interference

Answer 1

Proactive interference
Retroactive interference

Question 2

What is interference

Answer 2

When pieces of information interfere with eachother which results in forgetting.

Question 3

What makes interference worse

Answer 3

The similarity of the information

Question 4

Proactive interference is

Answer 4

When forgetting occurs when older memories disrupt the recall of newer memories

Question 5

Retroactive interference is

Answer 5

When forgetting occurs due to new memories disrupting the recall of older already stored information

I wish I was retro but all my clothes are new

Question 6

Supporting research for interfering information

Answer 6

-Research into rugby players
-Asked to recall the teams they played against in the season
-Players who has missed games due to sickness recalled more teams

-Disproves theory of decay since the time frame was the same amount
-Supports similar information

Question 7

Contradicting evidence

Answer 7

Research by Bahrick into the duration of LTM suggests that we forget due to decay and research by Godden and Baddeley and by Carter and Cassaday suggests that we forget due to lack of cues.

This suggests that interference does not provide a complete explanation of why we forget in LTM.

Too simplistic

Question 8

Supporting research for retroactive interference

Answer 8

-Learn to recall a list of 10 words with 100% accuracy
-Learn a second list of words and attempt to recall the first list
-Recall was worse when the words were similar

Question 9

Lack of real world application

Answer 9

-Interference only really occurs with similar information
-Psychologists agree it doesn’t count for most explanation of forgetting

-Theories not useful