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Explanations for forgetting
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- 1ForgettingFailure to retrieve memories
- 2Interference Theory- IT sees forgetting due to LTM getting confused by other information during coding.
- 2 forms = proactive and retroactive. - 3Proactive Interference- Previously stored information interferes with recall of new information
- 4Retroactive Interference- When new information interrupts with information stored previously.
- 5Cue-dependent forgetting (CDF)- A type of forgetting based upon a failure to retrieve the prompts that trigger recall
- 2 main types of CDF:
Context-dependant
State-dependent - 6Context-dependent failure- A form of CDF where recall occurs in a different external setting to coding.
- Godden and Baddeley got divers to lean material on dry land or underwater. Recall was worse when it occurred in a different context to learning. - 7State-dependent failure- A form of CDF where recall occurs in a different internal setting to coding e.g learning something sober and trying to recall when drunk.
- 8Repression- Motivated forgetting where emotionally threatening memories are forced into the unconscious mind.
- Repressed memories still affect concious thoughts but the actual memory is hard to retrieve.
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- A-Level Psychology (Cognitive) Flashcards on Explanations for forgetting, created by Liv Coote on 10/04/2016.
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