Retrieval failure

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  • What is retrieval failure?
    The inability to recall information from long-term memory due to insufficient cues
  • What is the Encoding Specificity Principle?
    Memory is enhanced when the conditions during encoding match the conditions during retrieval
  • What did Tulving (1983) find?
    A meta analysis into retrieval failure studies found a consistent pattern that if information present at encoding is present at retrieval memory is most effective