Explanations for forgetting research AO3 Flashcards
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retroactive interference researcher
schmidt
Schmidt research
asked 11-79 year olds to do a questionnaire asking them to recall the street names around their old school
Schmidt findings
the more times a person moved house, the worse their recall
a negative corrolation
new street names interfere with old
proactive interference researcher
Greenberg and underwood
greenberg and underwood research
participants learnt 10 word pair lists
gave participants 48 hrs to recall
repeated 4x
Greenberg and underwood findings
no of correctively recalled word pair lists decreased the more times word pairs had previously been recalled
previous word pair lists caused confusion in the coding of later word pair lists
context dependent forgetting researcher
godden and badly
godden and baddley research
asked divers to learn material either on dry land or underwater
godden and baddley findings
recall was worse in different contexts
state dependent cues researcher
overton
overton research
participants learnt material either drunk or sober
overton findings
recall was worse in different internal states
best in same internal state
category dependent cues researcher
tulving
tulving research
participants learnt 48 words
cat a= free recall
cat b= 12 words in 4 word catagories
tulving findings
higher recall in cat b