2.6 Retrieval Failure - Explanations for Forgetting

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2.6 Retrieval Failure - Explanations for Forgetting
  1. Retrieval failure is where information is available in long term memory but cannot be recalled without cues.
    1. Tulving (1983)
      1. Reviewed research and discovered a consistent pattern calling this the encoding specificity principle. This states that a cue has to be both present at encoding and present at retrieval.
      2. Context-dependant forgetting
        1. Recall depends on external cue - weather or place
          1. Godden and Baddeley (1975)
            1. Procedure: Studied deep sea divers and made them learn a list of words either underwater or on land then recall them in either of those contexts.
              1. Findings: In two of the conditions where the environmental contexts of learning and recall did not match recall was 40% lower. Concluding that external cues at learning were different to those at retrieval so there was retrieval failure.
          2. State-dependant forgetting
            1. Recall depends on internal cue - feeling upset or being drunk
              1. Carter and Cassaday (1998)
                1. Procedure: Gave antihistamine drugs to participants which had a mild sedative effect. The participants then had to learn lists of words and passages in 4 conditions, drunk learn not drunk recall and vise versa or same condition in both.
                  1. Findings: In conditions where there was a mismatch between internal state at learning and recall, performance on memory test was significantly worse.
              2. Evaluation
                1. Strengths:
                  1. Real world application. Retrieval cues may help to overcome forgetfulness in everyday situations. Showing how research can remind us of strategies used in real life.
                    1. Research support. Impressive range of research that supports retrieval failure explanation.
                    2. Weaknesses:
                      1. Recall vs recognition. Context effects may depend substantially on the type if memory being tested. Retrieval failure is only an explanation for forgetting because it applies when a person has to recall information rather than recognise it.
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