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Explanation For Forgetting: Interference
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- 1Although LTM has unlimited capacity and duration...experience tells us we cannot always recall info accuratly
- 2is this due to availability?memory has gone.
- 3or accessibility?we just cant reach it.
- 4Trace Decayidea that the memory code created in the brain to store an item has disappeared
- 5Proactivepast learning interfers with current attempts to learn something eg.calling your new boyfriend, your ex's name
- 6Retroactivecurrent attempts to learn something interfere with past learning. eg.learning new names in a class, you forget the name of a previous class
- 7interferencelearning new material can sometimes interfere with our ability to recall
- 8What is the interference Theory?when two pieces of information conflict with each other resulting in distortion in the memory
- 9the most similar pieces of information are the big of a problem isbecause we store semantically and get the words confused Eg. Learning more than one language