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explanations for forgetting: retrieval failure
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- 1retrieval failureform of forgetting which occurs when we don't have the necessary cues to access memory even though it is available
- 2cuetrigger of information that allows us to access a memory, may be meaningful or may be indirectly linked by being encoded at time of learning
- external > environmental context
- internal > mood or degree - 3context dependent forgettingwhen memory retrieval is dependent on an external/environmental cue > weather or place <
- 4state dependent forgettingwhen memory retrieval is dependent on an internal cue > state of mind, feeling upset or being drunk
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- A level Psychology (Memory ) Flashcards on explanations for forgetting: retrieval failure , created by jane tony on 31/05/2018.
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