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Decay Theory of Forgetting
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- 1EbbinghausLearned non-sense syllables, found that most forgetting happened straight after learning
- 2Brown Peterson TaskWhen people are prevented from rehearsal information is lost very quickly, performance drops more then 50% in 6 seconds
- 3Waugh and Norman16 Digits read out at either 1 or 4 per second. If decay is the reason for forgetting the 16 second list should cause more forgetting however there was no significant difference between the two
- 4Long Term DecayThe law of disuse - Bjork and Bjork, Memory traces compete for access to retrieval paths, regularly retrievement strengthens the path
Ebbinghaus - 5EvaluationVery little evidence,
Difficult to study as time between learning and recall needs to be controlled
Solso - No evidence for neurological decay
Lacks Ecological validity
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- A-Levels Psychology (PSYB2 - Memory) Flashcards on Decay Theory of Forgetting, created by Adam O'Rourke on 30/05/2013.
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