Interferance theory

Question 1

What is interference

Answer 1

When two pieces of information become confused

Question 2

When is interference more likely

Answer 2

The two bits of information are learned within a small time fame and are similar.

Question 3

What is proactive interference

Answer 3

Old information interferes with the recall of new information.

Question 4

What is retroactive interference

Answer 4

When new information interferes with the recall of old information.

Question 5

A study that supports retroactive interference

Answer 5

Baddeley and Hitch tested rugby players on the names of teams they played early in the season. Those who played less games remembered more.

Question 6

A study that supports proactive interference

Answer 6

Keppel and Underwood used meaningless 3 letter trigrams, finding ppts remembered trigrams presented first, irrespective of interval length.

Question 7

Study showing interference happens when information is similar

Answer 7

McGeoch and McDonald had ppts learn lists of ten words and then a new list of synonyms, antonyms, unrelated, nonsense syllables, 3 digit numbers, or the same list.
Synonyms produced the worst recall.