Memory experiments/case studies

Question 1

Keppel & Underwood

Answer 1

Proactive interference
Count back in 3s
Remembered the first
Limited real world application
Lacks ecological validity

Question 2

Baddeley & Hitch

Answer 2

Retroactive memory
Rugby players
Players who played more = remembered less
Limited real world application

Question 3

McGeoch & McDonald

Answer 3

Retroactive interference
10 adjectives (list A) and one of 6 other lists (B)
Recall worst when lists were similar

Question 4

Tulving & Thomson

Answer 4

Encoding specificity principle
Context-dependent failure - environmental cues are missing
State-dependent failure - emotional state is different

Question 5

Godden & Baddeley

Answer 5

Contextual cues on recall
Diving club
Repeated measures, all 4 conditions, 4 days
Recall best in same area - environmental cues improve recall
Lack of control over other variables
Demand characteristics
Ethical guidelines

Question 6

Carter & Cassaday

Answer 6

State-dependent using anti-histamine drugs
Learn a list and text
4 conditions (eg. learn with and recall with)
Recalled state matched = improved memory

Question 7

Goodwin et al

Answer 7

Recall words drunk or sober
State matched = improved recall
State-dependent retrieval failure

Question 8

Darley et al

Answer 8

Marijuana on recollection
Money in safe place
State matched = improved recall