Memory: Explanations For Forgetting Pro/Retroactive Interference & Retrieval Failure Due To Absence Of Cues - JWW COPY Flashcards

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Name the two examples of forgetting in interference theory

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1) Proactive interference
2) Retroactive interference

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How many pieces of information become confused in the LTM when Interference occurs?

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Interference happens when one memory ….. the ability to recall another memory

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Disrupts

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What type of information is most likely going to cause interference?

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Similar information

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Proactive interference occurs due to …. information disrupting recall of … information

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Past … New/Recent

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What type of forgetting is:
Past information disrupts the ability to recall new information

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Proactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
Memory of an old phone number disrupts ability to recall new mobile phone number

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Proactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
Knowledge of an old car registration plate causes the forgetting of a new car registration plate

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Proactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
Being unable to write down your new address at the doctors because you can only remember your old address

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Proactive interference

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Retroactive interference occurs when … information disrupts the recall of … information

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recent … past

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What type of forgetting is:
Forgetting due to recent information disrupting the recall of past information

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Retroactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
memory of a new car registration plate means you forget your old car registration plate

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Retroactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
Forgetting your old mobile number due to getting a new phone and learning your new number

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Retroactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
A teacher forgetting the names of their old students because they have learnt the names of their new students

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Retroactive interference

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What type of forgetting is:
Forgetting your old house address at the bank because you have learnt your new house address

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Retroactive interference

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16
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Retrieval failure occurs due to a lack of which type of cues? (2)

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Internal cues
External cues

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Retrieval Failure explains which two types of forgetting?

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Context-dependent forgetting
State-dependent forgetting

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Context-dependent forgetting occurs due to a lack of which cues?

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External

19
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State-dependent forgetting occurs due to a lack of which cues?

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Internal

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How do cues help in recall?

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Trigger information

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What type of forgetting explains:
Saima completes her Psychology lessons in 2N1, however she sits her synoptic in the Theatre and forgets all her information.

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Context-Dependent Forgetting

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What type of cues is Saima lacking?
Saima completes her Psychology lessons in 2N1, however she sits her synoptic in the Theatre and forgets all her information.

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External Cues

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What type of forgetting explains:
Saima completes her Psychology lessons when she is relaxed. However when she sits her final exams she is really anxious and worries that she’ll fail.

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State-dependent forgetting

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What type of cues is Saima lacking?
Saima completes her Psychology lessons when she is relaxed. However when she sits her final exams she is really anxious and worries that she’ll fail.

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Internal Cues

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What type of forgetting occurs due to a lack of internal cues?

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State-dependent forgetting

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What forgetting occurs due to a person’s emotional state being different at coding compared to recall?

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State-dependent forgetting

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What type of forgetting explains:
A person forgetting a dance routine because they learnt it when calm and relaxed but on stage for the performance became frightened and anxious

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State-dependent forgetting

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If a person’s environment is different at the time of coding the information compared to recalling the information, what cues do they lack causing forgetting?

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External Cues

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If a person’s emotional or physical state is different at the time of coding the information compared to recalling the information, what cues do they lack causing forgetting?

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Internal Cues

30
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What type of forgetting explains:
Harry and his friends were drunk when they came up with an idea about what to buy their friend for his birthday. However, the next day once sober, Harry and his friends had forgotten what the gift was

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State dependent forgetting

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Harry and his friends were drunk when they came up with an idea about what to buy their friend for his birthday. However, the next day once sober, Harry and his friends had forgotten what the gift was.
What cues are Harry and his friends lacking, causing forgetting to occur?

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Internal cues

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Harry and his friends were drunk when they came up with an idea about what to buy their friend for his birthday. However, the next day once sober, Harry and his friends had forgotten what the gift was.
Why do Harry and his friends forget?

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Different physical state at coding & recall

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Forgetting due to retrieval failure and interference occurs in which memory store?

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LTM