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Interference
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- 1what is interference?the cause of 'forgetting', it occurs when two pieces of information conflict with eachother resulting in you forgetting one or both.
- 2what is proactive interference?occurs when old memories that have already been stored disrupts the recall of newer ones.
- 3what is retroactive interference?occurs when newer memories disrupt the recall of older memories.
- 4who investigated interference?Mcdonald and Mcgeoch
- 5who else tested interference but in real-life?baddeley and hitch
- 6what is a strength of this experiment mostly being done in a lab?it has high internal validity as the investigation is highly controlled.
- 7what is a limitation?it is seen as 'unrealistic' and artificial as it is completely controlled by the researcher
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- A level Psychology (memory) Flashcards on Interference, created by pearl tshimbalanga on 25/11/2017.
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