interference DONT DO

Question 1

definition

Answer 1

forgetting occurs when two pieces of info are in conflict, this could cause forgetting info or a memory distortion

Question 2

how can interference occur

Answer 2

proactive interference and retroactive interference

Question 3

which memory does interference affect

Answer 3

long term

Question 4

proactive interference

Answer 4

old info hinders recall of new info

eg, learn combination of high school locker-> memory of old locker combination interferes with recall of new gym locker combination

Question 5

retroactive interference

Answer 5

new info hinders recall of old info

eg, learn sibling’s new college email address -> knowledge of new email address interferes with recall of old email address

Question 6

what did McGeoch and McDonald study

Answer 6

retroactive interference

Question 7

how did McGeoch and McDonald study retroactive interference

Answer 7

by changing the amount of similarity between two sets of materials

Question 8

what did pps have to do

Answer 8

learn a list of 10 words until they could remember them with 100% accuracy, they then learnt a new list

Question 9

how many groups of pps were there

Answer 9

6

Question 10

what types of words did each group learn

Answer 10

Group 1- synonyms
Group 2- antonyms
Group 3- words unrelated to original ones
Group 4- consonant syllables
Group 5- three digit numbers
Group 6- no new list, pps rested

Question 11

findings of McGeoch and McDonald study

Answer 11

• when pps recalled original list of words, their performance depended on the nature of the second list
• the most similar material (synonyms) produced the worst recall-> THIS SHOWS INTERFERENCE IS THE STRONGEST WHEN THE MEMORIES ARE SIMILAR