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Explainations of forgetting.
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Psychology GCSE. Unit 1. Memory.
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Explainations of forgetting.
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?
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
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
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