forgetting

• What are the two types of interference discussed?

  Proactive and retroactive interference
• What does proactive interference involve?

  Old information interferes with new information
• What does retroactive interference involve?

  New information disrupts recall of old information
• What makes interference more likely to occur?

  Similarity of information and time sensitivity
• What did Schmidt's research demonstrate?

  Retroactive interference with street names recall
• What was the finding of Greenberg and Underwood's study?

  Recall decreased with more learned word lists
• What is cue-dependent forgetting?

  Information is inaccessible without correct cues
• What is the encoding specificity principle?

  Contextual information is encoded with memories
• What are context-dependent cues?

  Cues from the external environment triggering memories
• What did Godden and Baddeley's study find?

  Recall was better in the same environment
• What are state-dependent cues?

  Cues from internal states like mood or arousal
• What did Overton's research demonstrate?

  Recall was better in the same state of intoxication
• What are category-dependent cues?

  Cues linked to organized information categories
• What are practical applications of forgetting research?

  Revision strategies and eyewitness testimony accuracy
• What did Tulving and Pearlstone's study show?

  Categorized recall was significantly better
• What is a limitation of interference theory?

  It may not explain all everyday forgetting
• What is a criticism of much memory research?

  It lacks mundane realism in tasks used