Forgetting

• Retroactive interference - This is when a new memory interferes with your ability to recall an old memory.
• Proactive interference - This when an old memory interferes with a new memory.
• interference- This is more likely to occur when the two memories are similar e.g learning a new language may interfere with your ability to remember the correct vocabulary for a previously learnt language.
• + Baddeley and Hitch Rugby players were asked to recall the names of all the teams they had played across one season
• Braddeley and Hitch found that those who had played the least matches had the greatest recall.
• Braddeley and hitch results showed that the players who had played every game were more likely to forget matches because the later games had interfered with a recall of the earlier games
• Baddeley and hitch- Lack ecological validity most of the research into interference have been lab experiments and so the tasks being tested may not generalise to real life activities
• lack ecological validity- Baddeley argues that in real life similar tasks are often spaced out so there is the time between them.