Interference

Question 1

What’s interference

Answer 1

One memory disrupts the ability to recall another resulting in distortion or forgetting

Question 2

When is interference likely to occur

Answer 2

With similar memories

Question 3

What’s the two types of interference and explain them

Answer 3

Proactive interference: Previously learnt information interferes with new information

Retroactive interference: New memories interferes with older ones

Question 4

What’s the Retroactive study

Answer 4

Mcgeoch and Mcdonald 1931

Question 5

What’s the Retroactive study aim

Answer 5

aim: research retroactive interferences affects of similarity

Question 6

What’s the Retroactive study conditions

Answer 6

conditions : group 1 (synonyms)
                    group 2 (antonyms)
                    group 3 (unrelated)
                    group 4 (nonsense syllables)
                    group 5 (3 digit numbers)
                    group 6 (original list only)

Question 7

What’s the Retroactive study method

Answer 7

Gave participants a 10 word list to remember, then a new word from 1/6 conditions.

Question 8

What’s the Retroactive study findings

Answer 8

findings: chronological order from groups form worst to best recall.

Question 9

What’s the Retroactive study conclusion

Answer 9

Conclusion; Similar materials interfere stronger than dissimilar.

Question 10

What’s the Retroactive study strenghs

Answer 10

Scientific
Internal validity
Controlled
amalysable

Question 11

What’s the Retroactive study weakness

Answer 11

Lab study so no external volatility

Artificial task

Question 12

Whats underman and postmans 1960 study’s procedure

Answer 12

Group A: Learned a list of paired words then a second list
Group B: Only learned first list

Both asked to recall first list

Question 13

Whats underman and postmans 1960 Aim

Answer 13

See if new learning interferes with old (retroactive)

Question 14

Whats underman and postmans 1960 findings

Answer 14

Group B recall was more accurate than A

Question 15

Whats underman and postmans 1960 Conclusion

Answer 15

New learning interferes with old

Question 16

Whats underman and postmans 1960 Advantage

Answer 16

Internal Volatility
Lab study
Controlled
see cause and effect

Question 17

Whats underman and postmans 1960 Disadvantages

Answer 17

Low temporal volatility
Artificial Tasks
No mundanrealsim
Lab study
Doesn't research if memory that is forgotten can be recovered
Not applicable to real life

Question 18

What the strengths of interference

Answer 18

• Lab study’s are controlled and scientific giving it scientific volatility.
• Supportive study’s from Baddeley and hitch
• Controlled so can see cause-affect
• Internal Volatility

Question 19

What’s the weaknesses of interference

Answer 19

• Lab study so artificial therefore not applicable to real life
• not generalisable
• no external volatility
• dose not account for nature of material remembered
• Baddeley stated tasks where too similar which isn’t likely in real life.
• Lack of retrieval study’s

Question 20

What did Baddeley and hitch 1977 do

Answer 20

Asked rugby players to recall names of recently played teams which varied in time intervals (1-7 days)

• Found equal recall no matter the time
• Showed incorrect recall not due to decay but intervening games.
• Show interference as a reason for forgetting.