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explanations for forgetting Flashcards

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supporting evidence for context dependant forgetting

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  • godden and baddley
  • had scuba divers learn a word list either on land or in water
  • scuba divers asked to recall list either on land or in water
  • recall was better in environments where divers had also leant word list
  • suggests context in which information was learnt has an impact on recall and a change in context could lead to retrieval failure
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supporting evidence for state dependant forgetting

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  • overton
  • had ptps learn information either drunk or sober
  • had ptps recall information either drunk or sober
  • when ptps learnt information drunk their recall was better also drunk
  • suggests state when learning information is a factor in success of recall and a changed state can lead to retrieval failure
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supporting evidence for category dependant forgetting

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  • tulving
  • ptps leant 48 words
  • had to either free recall or match 12 4 word categories
  • recall was better in the 12 4 word category group
  • suggesting providing cues related to categories may aid recall
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limitation of supporting evidence

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  • tasks lack mundane realism
  • tasks asked to be completed by ptps arent similar to memory tasks that occur in everyday life
  • meaning studies lack ecological validity
  • and have low external validity
  • weak explanations for forgetting outside of lab research
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supporting evidence for proactive interference

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  • greenberg and underwood
  • ptps given 10 paired word lists
  • given 48 hours to learn
  • repeated 4 times with 10 more paired word lists given each time
  • recall of previous word pairs was worse the more word pairs previously learnt
  • suggesting proactive interference occured leading to retrieval failure
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supporting evidence for retroactive interference

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  • schmidt
  • ptps aged 11-79
  • tested memory of map of childhood street names
  • negative correlation between number of times moved and recall
  • suggesting retroactive interference occurred leading to retrieval failure
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limited in explaining all types of forgetting (RI and PI)

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  • doesnt explain forgetting when two pieces of information arent similar and learnt close together
  • limited explanation of forgetting
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