Explainations of forgetting.

Explainations of forgetting.

1. Interferance

   • Retroactive
     • New information inerferes with the old
       • eg- Trying to remember your old teachers
   • Proactive
     • Old information inferferes with the new
       • eg- Entering your old password
   • Underwood & Postman
     • 2 groups
       • A- 2 lists of word pairs
       • B- 1 list of word pairs
       • RECALL
         • B- more accurate
         • Interferance? Or just more to remember?

2. Context

   • 40% more likely to forget in a different context
     • Learning and recall environment must be the same
   • Godden & Baddeley
     • Deep-sea divers
       • 4 groups
         • 1
           • Learn & recall underwater
         • 2
           • Learn underwater, recall on shore
         • 3
           • Learn & recall on shore
         • 4
           • Learn on shore, recall underwater
         • Same list of words
           • Groups 1 & 3 recallled 40% more words than 2 % 4

3. Brain damage- Amnesia

   • Retrograde
     • Unable to remember before the injury
   • Anterograde
     • Unable to learn new information
   • Miller
     • H.M.
       • CASE STUDY
       • Epilepsy
         • Surgery
           • Part of the brain removed
             • Anterograde amnesia
     • Findings can NOT be generalised
       • One individual